AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 10/16/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of CUP2018-0001, a Conditional Use Permit application to establish a 60-foot high wireless telecommunications facility designed as a eucalyptus tree (located at 1380 W. Sixth Street) in the C-3 (General Community Commercial) Zone. (Applicant: Alexander Lew with Core Development Services for Verizon Wireless)
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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 CUP2018-0001, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
OR
2. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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ANALYSIS:
CUP2018-0001 is an application to establish a 60-foot high wireless telecommunications facility for Verizon Wireless on a 3.47-acre commercial property located at 1380 W. Sixth Street. The subject property has a zoning of C-3 (General Community Commercial) which allows new wireless telecommunications facilities that exceed the height of the zone by a conditional use permit. The telecommunications facility is designed to resemble a eucalyptus tree, also known as a mono-eucalyptus.
The project site is an existing commercial center that contains existing commercial buildings, parking lot, and landscaping. The majority of the site's landscaping is located along the northerly, southerly and westerly perimeters. The mono-eucalyptus is proposed in a landscape planter located on the westerly perimeter of the site and the equipment enclosure will be located next to an existing trash enclosure that is used by the drive-through restaurant (Rally's Burger). The panel antennas on the mono-eucalyptus will be mounted on a three-sector array with four antennas per sector, for a total of twelve panel antennas. The antennas will be mounted onto the m...
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