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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing, reject the appeal by Kirt Ramirez, and uphold the Planning Commission's decision to approve a Conditional Use Permit (Application No. 1111-02) for the installation of an AT&T wireless telecommunications facility on the rear of the rooftop of a four-story apartment building located at 4205 East Anaheim Street. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
On September 20, 2012, the Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit for the installation of a new AT&T wireless telecommunications facility (“cell site”) located at the rear of the building rooftop of a four-story apartment building at 4205 East Anaheim Street, in the Community Commercial (CCN) zoning district (Exhibit A - Location Map). This approval was appealed on October 1, 2012, by Kirt Ramirez, a third party (Exhibit B - Appeal). Staff recommends that the City Council deny the appeal and uphold the Planning Commission’s decision.
The applicant, AT&T Mobility, requests to construct a new roof-mounted wireless telecommunications facility consisting of three arrays of four antennas each, all located in a single 20’ x 12’ screening enclosure at the rear of the building’s rooftop (Exhibit C - Plans and Photo-simulations). The base station equipment is proposed to be located in a laundry utility room on the building’s top floor, rather than the rooftop, due to structural requirements. Currently, no wireless site is present on the building, making this one of the first all-new wireless sites to be requested under the City’s July 2011 wireless telecom Ordinance.
One of the most important requirements of the new wireless Ordinance is the ”five-year build-out plan” that requires the applicant to provide a master plan for site development with as much detail as possible (Exhibit D - Five-year Build-out Plan). This master plan then allows future modifications to the site to be processed administratively, as long as such modifi...
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