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Planning Commission Minutes DRAFT July 20, 2006 Page 3 somewhat low pole. He stated that Verizon's and T-Mobile's technologies are different and Verizon needed six antennas and T-Mobile needed three antennas. OPENED PUBLIC HEARING Jean Mordo, Vogue Court, stated there is a possibility to have more service providers on the same pole without having more antennas as long as they use the same technology. Sandra Humpries, Environmental Design Committee, stated that the noise from equipment enclosures can be excessive depending on the equipment inside. She requested that if the Westwind barn equipment was loud the enclosure should be double reinforced on all four sides or at least meet the Town's requirement for noise. Commissioner Harpootlian asked about the regulations for noise, where the decibel measurement is taken and the distance of the equipment shed from the barn. He questioned whether people on the Westwind property were protected from the noise. Debbie Pedro clarified that on public property the decibel measurement is made 50 feet from the source or the private property line whichever is closer. Noise levels are required not to exceed the 40 decibel level at 50 feet. Brian Froelich replied that the barn is 46 feet from the property line and the closest wall of the equipment enclosure would be 26 feet from the barn. Jitze Couperus, Page Mill Road, commented the noise ordinance references the amplitude and decibels of noise and not the frequency of noise. Horses and dogs can hear higher frequencies than humans and such noise can be painful to them. He suggested a spectral analysis of the noise to determine the frequency involved. Eric Clow, Central Drive, stated that the Horseman's Association recently had four horses near the equipment enclosure by the Council Chambers and the horses appeared to be fine. He felt that if the new equipment enclosure at the barn was equivalent to the one by Council Chambers the noise probably wasn't detectible by the horses. Duffy Price, Anacapa Drive, questioned if the fire truck turn-around area was sufficient. Brian Froelich, Assistant Planner,°explained that the Fire Department had reviewed the plan when submitted by Verizon and there is no narrowing of passage. Chad Abbot, representative for T-Mobile, stated that he wished that more antennas could be shared. The high 40's decibel noise range mentioned earlier was measured next to the equipment and again offered to conduct a noise study. Commissioner Carey asked Mr. Abbot to clarify that any noise would come from the equipment in the enclosure and not from what was mounted on the tower. Mr. Abbot explained that in past