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PLANNING DEPARTMENT - USE PERMIT #25-01; VERIZON WIRELESS - GYLE RD
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Requested Action(s)
recommendation
Staff recommend that the Planning Commission:
A. Conduct a public hearing to consider Use Permit #25-01 (Verizon Wireless-Gyle Road) and the proposed Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration;
B. Move that the Planning Commission adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration (SCH #2026010534) for Use Permit #25-01 (Verizon Wireless-Gyle Road); and
C. Move that the Planning Commission approve Use Permit #25-01 (Verizon Wireless-Gyle Road) subject to the findings and conditions contained in Attachments G and H of the staff report dated April 16, 2026.
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Financial Impact:
None at this time
Background Information:
This application is to authorize construction and operation of a commercial communications facility, consisting of a 120’ monopole telecommunications tower supporting a four-sector antenna array with associated ground-mounted equipment, including a backup diesel generator. Improvements will be located within a 50’ x 50’ leased area, surrounded by a 6’ chain link fence with privacy slats topped with barbed wire, located on the southeast portion of a 6.52-acre parcel. The project site is designated Valley Floor Agriculture - El Camino on the General Plan Land Use Map and located in an AG-3 Agricultural / El Camino zoning district.