PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE:
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
SUBJECT:
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EXEMPTION NO. EX 23-054 and RESOLUTION NO. PC 23-5069 - CROWN CASTLE, RENEWAL OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR WIRELESS FACILITIES
CASE NUMBER:
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) 22-0004
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Recommendation
Recommendation
* ADOPT Exemption EX23-054 and find the project can rely on previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration ND 03-662.
* APPROVE Conditional Use Permit renewal, CUP22-0004 to allow for continued operation of an existing wireless telecommunication facility located at the Twin Oaks Valley Golf Course.
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Introduction
The project site, Twin Oaks Valley (TOV) Golf Course, is currently developed as an 18-hole golf course, clubhouse, restaurant and golf shop. In addition, four wireless telecommunication facilities are located on the golf course site. The wireless facility that the Commission is considering today was originally approved by the City in 2003. The project received a single extension of the original Conditional Use Permit (CUP) from the City in 2013 and has been in operation since 2003. The applicant is now requesting their second extension of the CUP. The wireless telecommunication facility is disguised as a faux broadleaf tree. Its associated equipment enclosure is attached to an adjacent maintenance building with stucco walls and a concrete tile hipped roof to match the existing buildings at the site.
Discussion
The project site is currently developed as an 18-hole golf course, clubhouse, restaurant and golf shop. The existing Crown Castle wireless telecommunication facility project is located between the ninth fairway and driving range at the TOV Golf Course. The project proposes renewal of an existing entitlement (CUP 02-552) for the continued use and unchanged operation of an unmanned digital mobile communications facility originally approved with (9) antennas and 384 sq ft. equipment shelter. The faux monobroadleaf tree is 35'-8" in height ...
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