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a. Receive response to Board Referral 2020.07 requesting the Resource Management Agency (RMA) to investigate modification/expansion of noticing requirements for proposed wireless communication facilities; and
b. Accept proposed RMA Standard Operating Procedure to require a notification by mail within a distance of 1,500-feet or more of a proposed wireless communication facility if determined necessary by the Chief of Planning to meet the purpose of public notification in the Farmland, Rural Grazing, Permanent Grazing, Resource Conservation, and Open Space zoning districts.
Location: County Wide
Proposed CEQA Action: Not a project pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5). of the CEQA Guidelines
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Find that implementing existing regulations is not a project pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA guidelines; and
b. Receive response to Board Referral 2020.07 requesting the Resource Management Agency (RMA) to investigate modification/expansion of noticing requirements for proposed wireless communication facilities; and
c. Accept proposed RMA Standard Operating Procedure to require a notification by mail within a distance of 1,500-feet or more of a proposed wireless communication facility if determined necessary by the Chief of Planning to meet the purpose of public notification in the Farmland, Rural Grazing, Permanent Grazing, Resource Conservation, and Open Space zoning districts.
SUMMARY:
On February 4, 2020, the Board of Supervisors issued Referral 2020.07 for the Resource Management Agency (RMA) to investigate modification/expansion of noticing requirements for project applications for wireless communication facilities (i.e.: cell towers). In accordance with both state law and County regulations, notice of public hearing of proposed land use projects in Monterey County is provided using three methods: direct mail, notice published in a newspaper of general circulation, and post...
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