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REQUEST <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 13, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - FILED BY VINCULUMS <br />SERVICES INC. FOR CONDITIONAL USE <br />PERMIT NO, 2015 -14 TO ALLOW A 50 -FOOT <br />HIGH WIRELESS FACILITY FOR VERIZON <br />AT 3420 SOUTH BRISTOL STREET <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2) <br />Prepared by Melanie G. McCann <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />• As Recommended <br />• As Amended <br />• Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• Applicant's Request <br />• Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />eWl Director Acting P��ing My�hager <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2015 -14 as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Vinculums Services Inc., representing Verizon Wireless, is requesting approval of a 50 -foot high <br />wireless facility disguised as a pine tree at 3420 South Bristol Street. Major wireless <br />communication facilities require approval of a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 41- <br />198.3(b) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The project site consists of a 39,996 square foot parcel that is part of a larger integrated <br />commercial development. Located on Bristol Street, north of MacArthur Boulevard, the subject <br />property is adjacent to commercial and retail businesses to the north, south and east. Multiple <br />family residential developments are located to the west of the project site (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />The site is Currently improved with a 6,274 square foot eating establishment occupied by the China <br />Garden Restaurant. <br />Proiect Description <br />Verizon is proposing to construct a 50 -foot high wireless facility disguised as a pine tree. This facility <br />is intended to provide increased cellular coverage and call capacity in this area of the City. To give <br />the facility the appearance of a natural tree, the tower has been designed to have branches that will <br />extend seven feet above the antennas to a maximum height of 50 feet. Equipment for the wireless <br />facility will be installed within an equipment enclosure that measures approximately 22 -feet by 20 -feet <br />for a total of 440 square feet. This proposed equipment enclosure will contain one stand -by <br />generator, two equipment cabinets, two battery cabinets, and two GPS antennas. The enclosure will <br />be located west of the existing restaurant building with the monopole itself surrounded by the concrete <br />masonry block wall equipment enclosure, and a two -foot landscape planter at the base. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31A-3 <br />