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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 1, 2016 <br />TITLE; <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2016-26 TO <br />ALLOW A 60 -FOOT HIGH MAJOR WIRELESS <br />FACILITY FOR VERIZON WIRELESS AT 4501 <br />WEST MACARTHUR BOULEVARD — CORE <br />DEVELOPMENT, APPLICANT (STRATEGIC <br />PLAN NO. 3,, 22)`� <br />CiTY MANAGfP <br />MENROMW <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />S--\* X1 <br />Cl As Recommended <br />0 As Amended <br />El ordinanoe on 101 Reading <br />El ordinance on 2 "4 Reading <br />CI Implementing Resolution <br />�i Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Receive and file the staff report approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2015 -26 as conditioned. <br />t, r <br />At Its regular meeting on February 6, 2016 by a vote of 7:0, the Planning Commission adopted a <br />resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2016 -26 as conditioned to allow a 60 -foot high <br />major wireless facility disguised as a eucalyptus tree (mono - eucalyptus) located at 4501 West <br />MacArthur Boulevard located In the Heavy industrial (M -2) zoning district. The Planning <br />Commission made no changes to the recommended conditions of approval outlined in the <br />attached staff report (Exhibit A). <br />Verizon Wireless is proposing to construct a 60 -foot high wireless facility disguised as a <br />eucalyptus tree (mono - eucalyptus), This facility is intended to provide increased cellular <br />coverage and call capacity in the southwest sector of the City. To give the facility the <br />appearance of a tree, the tower will be designed to have branches that will extend seven feet <br />above the antennas to a maximum height of 60 feet. Equipment for the wireless facility will be <br />installed within a 20 -foot by 10 -foot enclosure with aright foot high block walls. The mono - <br />eucalyptus and equipment enclosure will be located to the north of the existing mini - warehouse <br />building. Two 36 -inch box eucalyptus trees will be installed to assist with the steaithing of the <br />mono - eucalyptus, with decorative vines and shrubs planted along the block walls of the <br />equipment enclosure to further screen the facility. The proposed wireless facility will have three <br />sectors containing four panel antennas per sector, 12 remote radio units, and one microwave <br />antenna mounted to the mono - eucalyptus, while all ancillary equipment and one RC generator <br />will be installed within the proposed enclosure. Full -sized site plans are available for public <br />viewing In the Clerk of the Council Office, <br />31A-1 <br />