§ 18.104.160. Private school—Criteria for establishment and operation.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, a private school shall meet the following criteria:

A.

Density Standards. No use permit shall be approved for a new private school (institutional) within three hundred feet of another private school, as measured from any point upon the outside walls of the existing or proposed structure that will house the students.

B.

Minimum Lot Area Standards. The lot on which a private school (institutional) is located shall contain not less than eight hundred square feet for each student served by the facility.

C.

Parking Standards.

1.

Parking spaces shall be provided on-site and shall meet the following standards:

a.

Elementary and junior high schools: one space per employee;

b.

High schools: one space per employee, one space per ten students.

2.

Off-street loading and delivery areas shall be provided for each facility which has a capacity to serve thirteen or more students.

D.

Distance to Airports.

1.

A new private school (institutional) shall not be located within two miles of an airport, as measured from the end of the closest runway, unless such school is approved by the State Department of Education and complies with the following conditions:

a.

Grants an avigation and hazard easement to the county of Napa;

b.

Complies with Napa County interior noise standards as administered by the department.

2.

Notwithstanding subsection (D)(1) of this section, in no case shall a school be located within one mile of an airport.

E.

Utilities. All private school facilities shall be connected to a private water and sewer system approved by the department.

F.

Other Agencies. All private schools shall comply with applicable laws and ordinances of state and local agencies.

G.

Additional Conditions. Additional conditions to those set forth in this section may be imposed by the planning commission on the use permit when deemed necessary by the commission to protect the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. 892 § 6, 1988: prior code § 12417)

(Ord. No. 1379, § 158, 1-29-2013)