AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 3/6/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of CUP2018-0009, a Conditional Use Permit application to establish an 80-foot high wireless telecommunications facility designed as a monopine (located at 809 E. Parkridge Avenue) in the MSI (Medium Service Industry) designation of the Birtcher Business Center Specific Plan (SP82-2), and the Negative Declaration regarding potential environmental impact of the project. (Applicant: Frank Ortega with Coastal Business Group)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Take no action, thereby affirming the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting CUP2018-0009, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
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2. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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ANALYSIS:
The purpose of Conditional Use Permit 2018-0009 is to construct a new telecommunications facility on property located at 809 E. Parkridge Avenue in order to increase the capacity, speed, and reliability of T-Mobile's existing cellular phone coverage and data network in an area that is currently experiencing a coverage gap in 4G-LTE network coverage. The property is located in the Birtcher Business Center Specific Plan (SP82-2) and the zoning of the property is Medium Service Industry (MSI).
The telecommunications facility is designed as a monopine and resembles a faux pine tree. The overall height of the monopine is 80 feet, but the center of the three-sector array antenna will be located at a height of 70 feet. The monopine will be located at the southeasterly corner of the site and oriented toward the overpass for Interstate 15. Per the MSI development standards for the project site, the minimum front building setback for the property is 25 feet and the minimum side and rear yard setbacks are 10 feet. The mon...
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