File #: 23-0576    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 3/8/2023 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 3/23/2023 Final action: 3/23/2023
Title: 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 Fin...
Attachments: 1. A - Staff Report, 2. B - Findings, 3. C - Conditions of Approval, 4. D - Notification Map, 5. E - Proof of Publication-Mountain Democrat, 6. F - Staff Report Exhibits A-H, 7. FINAL Findings, 8. FINAL Conditions of Approval, 9. APPROVED Stamped Exhibits, 10. APPROVED Stamped Maps

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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