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Conditional Use Permit No. 2015 -16 August 24, 2015 Page 2 with the stealthing of the mono - eucalyptus, with vines planted along the block walls of the equipment enclosure to further screen the facility. The proposed wireless facility will have three sectors containing four panel antennas per sector, 12 remote radio units, two surge protection units and one microwave antenna mounted to the mono - eucalyptus, and all ancillary equipment and one DC generator will be installed within the proposed enclosure (Exhibits 4, 5 and 6), Project Background The site was developed with the existing two -story office building in 1976. Since then, the site has been occupied by a mixture of professional and medical office uses. In December of 2014, Core Development Services, representing Verizon Wireless, submitted plans to install a new wireless facility at this location. After a review of the proposal, staff acknowledged that the submittal met all SAMC requirements for wireless facilities. + A The General Plan land use designation for the site is Professional and Administrative Office (PAO), which allows for professional and medical office uses. Uses such as wireless facilities are consistent with this General Plan land use designation, The zoning for the site is Professional (P). The Professional zoning district is a zone that also allows for professional and medical office uses. The proposed use is also consistent with the zoning designation, Project 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 proposed Verizon Wireless 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 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. 31 D -4