REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/03/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT:
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WAIVER FROM CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 15.60.080 REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF TWO EXISTING UTILITY POLES LOCATED AT THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF 220 N. SMITH AVENUE AND SOUTH BOUNDARY OF 212 N. SMITH AVENUE (APPLICANT: STALEY POINT CAPITAL)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider a waiver from Section 15.60.080 of the Corona Municipal Code (CMC) on the requirement to remove two utility poles that support overhead wires associated with the construction of a new industrial building located on a combined 3.94 acres consisting of 212, 216, and 220 N. Smith Avenue. One pole is located at the southerly property limit of 212 N. Smith Avenue, and the other pole is located at the northerly property limit of 220 N. Smith Avenue. Both poles support overhead wires that extend beyond the boundary of the project site.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council waive the requirement from Section 15.60.080 of the CMC requiring the removal of two utility poles located at the north boundary limit of 220 N. Smith Avenue and the south boundary limit of 212 N. Smith Avenue.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The street frontage of the subject property contains three utility poles and overhead wires that are less than 34,000 volts, which are not exempt from the City's requirement to be placed underground according to CMC Section 15.60.040.
The applicant and property owner of 212, 216, and 220 N. Smith Avenue is in the process of redeveloping the properties with a new 161,420 square-foot industrial building on a combined 3.94 acres. The property's frontage on Smith Avenue contains three utility poles supporting overhead wires that exist along the west side of Smith Avenue. The applicant is required to underground the overhead wires adjacent to the subject property and remove...
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