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 CUP2017-0106, a Conditional Use Permit application to establish a 75-foot high wireless telecommunications facility designed as a mono-eucalyptus tree at the city's Lester Water Treatment Facility located at 2970 Rimpau Avenue in the A (Agricultural) Zone. (Applicant: JD Fox with Wireless Development Resources, LLC, PO Box 8823, Newport Beach, CA 92660).
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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 CUP2017-0106, 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 2017-0106 is to construct a 75-foot high telecommunications facility at the city's Lester Water Treatment Plant located at 2970 Rimpau Avenue. The property is located in the Agriculture zone and is developed with utility buildings and structures associated with the city's water treatment plant. The telecommunications facility will resemble a faux eucalyptus tree and will be centrally located within the project site.
The proposal is the same proposal that was approved by CUP13-01 in 2013. AT&T, however, never constructed the facility and CUP13-01 expired after two years because the facility was never built within the initial two years and the application was never extended by the applicant. AT&T has a valid lease agreement with the city for the leased space at the Lester Treatment Plant and has been paying rent to the city in accordance with the existing agreement. AT&T is now ready to move forward with the project and in order to reinstate the previous approval the applicant is required to process a new CUP application, which is the rea...
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