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CUP No. 2014 -09 December 8, 2014 Page 3 General Plan and Zonina Consistenc The General Plan land use designation for the site is Industrial (IND), which allows for manufacturing and industrial uses. Uses such as wireless facilities are consistent with this General Plan land use designation. The zoning for the site is Light Industrial (M -1). The Light Industrial zoning district is a zone that also allows for manufacturing, industrial and warehouse uses. The proposed use is also consistent with the zoning designation. Proiect Analysis In July 1998, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS -2356, which established regulations for wireless communication facilities throughout the City. Major wireless communication facilities such as the Sprint PCS facility are required to have a stealth design and be located in an area that provides the greatest amount of visual screening. Further, these major facilities require the approval of a conditional use permit. Also, Section 41 -198.4 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) identifies several site improvements that may be required at sites with major wireless facilities. These improvements include: 1. Landscaping around the base of the facility; including vines, groundcover and a 24 -inch box tree; 2. Decorative fencing (wrought iron or block) around the facility, 3. A six -foot high solid wall between the facility and property zoned or used for residential; 4. One parking space, if on -site parking is not available; 5, Repairing, repaving and restriping of a parking lot which is in poor condition; 6, The repainting of buildings on a site; and 7. The construction of a new trash enclosure. As part of the development review of the project, staff worked with the applicant to identify landscape improvements along the project site's street frontages to be required in tandem with the monopole and equipment enclosure. These improvements reflect the requirement to screen the facility from view, to provide enhanced landscaping through the planting of ground cover or shrubs, to deter graffiti through the planting and maintenance of landscaping materials, and to minimize the project's overall impacts on the surrounding community. Conditional use permits are governed by Section 41 -638 of the SAMC. Conditional use permits may be granted when it can be shown that the following can be established: That the proposed use will provide a service or facility which will contribute to the general well being of the neighborhood or community. 31 B -5