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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />IJi-Jk IZIT1TeXITOUTIET11:3a[+•jmlT� k !• L <br />DECEMBER 14, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - FILED BY CORE DEVELOPMENT <br />SERVICES FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015- <br />20 TO ALLOW A 60 -FOOT- TALL WIRELESS FACILITY <br />FOR VERIZON WIRELESS AT 1029 EAST FOURTH <br />STREET (STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 3, 2; 3, 5) <br />Prepared by Ali Pezeshkpo /ur <br />xecutive Director <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 />Planning Manag r <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2015 -20 as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Core Development Services, representing Verizon Wireless, is requesting approval of a 60 -foot high <br />wireless facility ( "mono- eucalyptus ") at 1029 East Fourth Street. Major wireless communication <br />facilities require approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) pursuant to Section 41- 198.3(b) of the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The project is located on a 1.18 -acre parcel of land located on the north side of Fourth Street at the <br />northern terminus of Breeden Street. The site is currently improved with a restaurant building, <br />surface parking areas, landscaping, perimeter walls, and trash enclosure. The General Plan land <br />use designation for the site is Urban Neighborhood (UN), which allows for commercial land uses. Uses <br />such as wireless facilities are consistent with this General Plan land use designation. The zoning for <br />the site is the Transit Zoning Code /Specific Development (SD) No. 84. The Transit Zoning Code <br />contains a land use regulating plan that also allows for commercial uses with ancillary wireless <br />facilities. The proposed use is also consistent with the zoning designation, Land uses surrounding <br />the site include industrial uses to the north, east and west, and a trucking center to the south <br />(Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />Project Description <br />Verizon is proposing to construct a 60 -foot high wireless facility disguised as a eucalyptus tree. This <br />facility is intended to provide increased cellular coverage and call capacity in this area of the City. To <br />give the facility the appearance of a natural tree, the tower has been designed to have branches that <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31A-3 <br />