PLANNING AND HOUSING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
DATE: 8/10/2020
TO: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Community Development Department
APPLICATION REQUEST:
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CUP2019-0005: Conditional use permit to construct a 90-foot high telecommunications lattice tower on 1.53 acres owned by the City of Corona for telecommunication purposes, located at 740 John Circle in the Open Space designation of the Northeast Corona Specific Plan (SP81-2). (Applicant: Tracy Martin with City of Corona Department of Water and Power, 755 Public Safety Way, Corona, CA 92880)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the Planning and Housing Commission adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Plan and approve Resolution No. 2558 GRANTING CUP2019-0005, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
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PROJECT SITE SUMMARY
Area of Property: 1.53 acres
Existing Zoning: OS (Open Space) of the Northeast Corona Specific Plan (SP81-2)
Existing General Plan: U (Utility)
Existing Land Use: City communications site and utility infrastructure
Proposed Land Use: 90-foot high telecommunications lattice tower
Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses:
N: ES (Estate Residential) district of the Corona Ranch Specific Plan (SP85-3)/Water storage tank
E: OS (Open Space) district of the Northeast Corona Specific Plan (SP81-2)/vacant hillside
S: OS (Open Space) district of the Northeast Corona Specific Plan (SP81-2)/vacant hillside
W: OS (Open Space) district of the Northeast Corona Specific Plan (SP81-2)/vacant hillside
BACKGROUND
The 1.53-acre project site is a natural hillside known as Grape Hill located approximately 1,600 feet south of Hidden Valley Parkway and Corsica Drive. The site contains an existing 70-foot high lattice communications tower owned and operated by the City of Corona. The existing communications tower was approved in 2002 under Conditional Use Permit 02-018 (CUP02-018). The tower contains communicat...
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