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USE PERMIT #25-07 (VERIZON WIRELESS - BLACK BUTTE LAKE)
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Requested Action(s)
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Staff recommend that the Planning Commission:
A. Conduct a public hearing to consider Use Permit #25-07 (Verizon Wireless - Black Butte Lake) and proposed categorical exemption;
B. Move that the Planning Commission find that Use Permit #25-07 (Verizon Wireless - Black Butte Lake) is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures); and
C. Move that the Planning Commission approve Use Permit #25-07 (Verizon Wireless - Black Butte Lake) subject to the findings and conditions contained in Attachments H and I of the staff report dated June 4, 2026.
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Financial Impact:
None at this time.
Background Information:
A request to construct and operate a new unmanned commercial communication facility with a 100' monopole telecommunications tower (optionally with a "monopine" stealth treatment to look like a pine tree) supporting a three-sector telecommunications antenna array and two microwave dishes, with room for up to three additional co-located antenna arrays. The tower and ground-mounted equipment (including a 30 kW backup generator) will be located in a 50' x 50' ground lease area, enclosed by an 8-foot chain link fence with brown privacy slats topped with barbed wire. The project site has been previously disturbed, with some areas having a graveled surface. The project is located on two parcels, a smaller western parcel (APN 085-030-033) and a larger eastern parcel (APN 085-050-001); all above-ground structures and improvements are on the western parcel, while a small portion of the eastern parcel is used for access and underground utilities. The western parcel is located in the AG-1 (Agricultural/Upland) zoning district, and designated UA (Upland Agriculture) on the General Plan land use diagram; the eastern parcel is located in the M-2 (General Industrial) zoning district, and des...
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