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Hearing to consider Pony Express Trail Cell Tower Extension (Special Use Permit Revision CUP-R22-0028) to allow the addition and operation of a 20-foot-tall extension on an existing 119-foot-tall monopine including the addition of 12 antennas and supporting radios, backup diesel generator, and equipment shelter. All associated new ground equipment would reside within a proposed 345-square-foot expansion of the existing fenced lease area. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 101-201-080, consisting of 2.12 acres, is located on the south side of Pony Express Trail, approximately 2,000-feet east of the intersection with Blair Road, in the Pollock Pines Rural Center area, TSJ Consulting, Inc. c/o Tom Johnson; Staff recommends the Planning Commission take the following actions:
1) Find the project exempt under Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CEQA Guidelines; and
2) Approve Conditional Use Permit Revision CUP-R22-0028 based on the Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval as presented.
(Supervisorial District 5)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Request to consider Special Use Permit Revision CUP-R22-0028/Pony Express Trail Cell Tower Extension TSJ Consulting, Inc. c/o Tom Johnson, to allow the addition and operation of a 20-foot-tall extension on an existing 119-foot-tall monopine including the addition of 12 antennas and supporting radios, backup diesel generator, and equipment shelter. All associated new ground equipment would reside within a proposed 345-square-foot expansion of the existing fenced lease area. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 101-201-080, consisting of 2.12 acres, is located on the south side of Pony Express Trail, approximately 2,000-feet east of the intersection with Blair Road, in the Pollock Pines Rural Center area, Supervisorial District 5. (County Planner: Matthew Aselage, 530-621-5977) (Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15303 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures))
A Staff Report is attached.
CONTACT
Matthew Aselage
Planning and Building Department, Planning Division