Finding F6
In general, developers may extend entitlements up to three additional times without demonstrating progress totaling 6 years. Repeated extensions allow properties to remain vacant or undeveloped for extended periods.
Jury report: Strengthening Napa’s Planning Division: Technology, Coordination, and Workforce Stability · PDF page 13
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City of Napa City Council
Partially disagrees only that all projects can receive three extensions totaling six years; agrees progress has not consistently been a measure for extensions.
Read official response · PDF page 2Identifies exact disputed scope and accepted inconsistency. Relevant explanation remains general and supplies no entitlement code provision or project record.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.