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3,4 <br />TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS January 27, 2005 <br />Staff Report to the Plannin Commission <br />RE: SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO <br />ALLOW A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY CONSISTING OF <br />THREE (3) ANTENNAS MOUNTED INSIDE A 50' TALL FLAGPOLE AND <br />ASSOCIATED GROUND EQUIPMENT AT TOWN HALL; LANDS OF LOS <br />ALTOS HILLS (CINGULAR WIRELESS); 26379 FREMONT ROAD; FILE# <br />173 -04 -CUP -IS -ND. <br />FROM: Debbie Pedro, AICP, Senior Planner --t>Q. <br />APPROVED BY: Carl Cahill, Planning Director C, C, <br />RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission: <br />Review and forward a recommendation that the City Council adopt the attached Initial <br />Study and Negative Declaration and approve the requested Site Development Permit and <br />Conditional Use Permit to operate a wireless communications facility on the property. <br />On August 24, 2004, Cingular Wireless submitted an application to install a wireless <br />communications facility at Town Hall located at 26379 Fremont Road. The purpose of <br />the flagpole antenna is to improve service coverage in an area where coverage is currently <br />weak. <br />The subject property is located on the west side of Fremont Road. Existing buildings on <br />the property includes the new Town Hall which is currently under construction, the <br />Purissima Hills Water District office, and the Heritage House which will serve as the <br />Town's Emergency Operations Center. Surrounding uses include single-family residences <br />on adjacent properties to the west and north, and single-family homes across Esperanza <br />Drive to the south and across Fremont Road to the east. <br />The proposed wireless communications facility consists of three (3) panel antennas <br />mounted inside a 12" diameter x 50' tall flagpole and ancillary ground equipment housed <br />in a 4'W x 12'L cabinet. The antennas will be inside the flagpole and completely <br />screened from public view. The 50' flagpole will be installed in front of the southwest <br />-comer of the Town Hall building facing Fremont Road. The equipment cabinet will be <br />located at the northwest (rear) comer of the building adjacent to the Town Hall offices. <br />The cabinets will be painted to match the building exterior and is generally not visible <br />from off-site. <br />CODE REQUIREMENTS <br />As required by Sections 10-1.1104 and 10-1107(1) of the Zoning Ordinance, conditional <br />use permit applications are to be reviewed by the Planning Commission with a <br />