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Conditional Use Permit No. 2017-16 June 12, 2017 Page 2 Project Description Smartlink, Ll -C. is proposing to renew the entitlements of an existing 60 -foot high wireless communications facility. In addition, the applicant is proposing to remove and replace three antennas and the radome from the mono -pole and install three new remote radio units (RRU's) within the existing 160 -square foot equipment building. The mono -pole and equipment enclosure are located within a screened shelter on the southwest corner of the property, adjacent to the Union Pacific railroad line and set back approximately 200 -feet from Warner Avenue. Aesthetically, the mono -pole will continue to be stealthed as a light standard. The applicant will landscape an existing planter along the front fagade of the main building that fronts Warner Avenue, re -stripe and re -slurry the parking lot as needed, and re -paint the wireless communications facility enclosure to ensure that the subject facility and site continue to comply with all SAMC requirements. Table 2: Development Standards Standards -1 by SAMC" Provided-' Stealth Design Concealed Structure Stealth as a Light Standard Site Selection Areas that will minimize aesthetic The wireless facility is located at the Intrusion southwest corner of the property and set back approximately 200 -feet from Warner Avenue. Maximum Facility Height _ 60 feet 60 feet Landscaping Groundcover at the base of the Applicant will provide landscape at facility and one 24 inch box tree the front of the main building to comply with this requirement. Equipment Screening Decorative fencing such as wrought The wireless community facility is iron or block around the wireless currently screened by a six foot high facility CMU wall and the equipment is housed within a 14 foot high building. In January 2005, the Planning Commission approved CUP No. 2004-33 to allow the construction of the subject mono -pole (stealth as a light standard) and equipment enclosure. Pursuant to SAMC Section 41-198.3(3), a CUP is required for all major wireless communications facilities In the City. Furthermore, Section 41-198.13 states that major wireless communications facilities shall be approved for a period not to exceed five years. Since the adoption of the City's Wireless Communication Facilities Ordinance, Federal actions have changed and now require that cities approve wireless facilities for a period of not less than 10 years. Since the current facility is now over 10 years old, the applicant is required to apply for a new CUP in order to maintain entitlements for the wireless facility. Proiect Analysis In July of 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 T -Mobile West facility are required to have a stealth design and to be located in an area that provide the greatest amount of visual screening. Further, these major facilities require 31A-4