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F. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 98-OS F. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 98-OS Filed by the City of Santa Ana to adopt citywide policies for exterior telephones requiring all exterior telephones be permitted with a land use certificate. (Continued by the Planning Commission September 14, 1998 to September 28, 1998) LEGALLY NOTICED: August 30, 1998 RECOMMENDATION: ' Recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 98-05. Mr. Kenneth Adams, Planning Manager, indicated that Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 98-05 had been continued to address concerns regarding the required fees for the processing of the land use certificates. Mr. Adams further stated that staff had revisited the processing fee of $150 and recommended that the fee amount remain the same. However, staff would be willing to modify the exemptions for the telephones that had obtained land use certificates and those that were in compliance within a three year window period. In addition, he stated that staff would not support exposed conduit and would continue to recommend only allowing six inches of conduit for the telephones. Commissioner Mondo asked if staff was recommending that each pay phone location be required to pay a $150 fee. Mc Adams responded that the cost of a land use certificate for each telephone would be $150. Mr. Tom Webber, representing Pacific Bell, thanked staff for the recommendation of a three yeaz window to bring a telephone into compliance, but reiterated his concern regarding requiring a $150 fee and the recommendation to only allow six inches of conduit. In addition, Mr. Webber, displayed some examples of payphone to illustrate the need for the allowance of additional conduit. After further discussions regarding the amount of payphones permitted at locations, Federal ' Communication regulations, and whom staff would hold accountable for the maintenance of the telephones, Commissioner Nalle moved to continue Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 98-OS to October 26, 1998. The Commission further requested staff to address only imposing a fee per the location rather than per telephone and to provide a survey to the Commission indicating an average of conduit per pay phone in the City. Motion to continue Zoning Ordinance to October 26, 1998. MOTION: Nalle SECOND: Mondo Ms. Uptegraff asked if the Commission would consider continuing Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 98-05 to October 12, 1998 instead of October 26, 1998. Commissioner Solorio also requested that staff provide a chart of how other cities were regulating their payphones and whether or not advertisements were allowed on the side panels of the telephones. Ms. Uptegraff mentioned to the Commission that many cities had not established criteria to regulate pay phones and that Santa Ana was taking the lead to set a precedent. Motion to continue Zoning Ordinance No. 98-OS to October 12, 1998. ii MOTION: Nalle SECOND: Mondo AYES: Verino, MacDowell, Mondo, Doughty, Nalle, and Cribb NOES: None ABSENT: Doughty ABSTAIN: None PUNNING COMMI8510N MINUTES 3 Sep~ember 28, 1998