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Conditional Use June 28, 2004 Page 3 Permit No. 2003-29 Staff has initially worked with the applicant to lower the flagpole antenna from the proposed 60-foot height in order to maintain neighborhood compatibility and to be more consistent with the scale of the shopping center. The applicant agreed to lower the height and has also proposed to switch to a monopine design. While staff supports the switch to the monopine design, there is an outstanding concern with the appearance of the current proposal. As illustrated in Exhibits 5 and 6, the "tree" appears to have been topped and thus it may not serve to properly camouflage the installation. Accordingly, staff has added a condition of approval requiring the plans to be revised to allow the 60 foot overall height, with corresponding changes to the elevation to ensure that the tree will appear more realistic. Overall, we believe these changes include a better location that is more appropriately screened and a better stealth approach to camouflage the facility in that the monopine design, together with the additional Canary Island Pines, will blend better into the neighborhood. Based upon the above analysis and the project's compatibility with the City's General Plan and applicable development standards, approval is recommended of Condi t ional Use Permi t NO.2 0 03 - 29 per the findings and conditions (Exhibits 7 and 8). CEQA Compliance In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Program, Environmental Review No. 2002-381 has been prepared for this project (Exhibit 9). ~ Ann Hsin-An Ni Associate Planner Vince Fregoso, Senior Planne AN:JM an\plancomm\cup03-29.062804.pc 31A-4