Title
Public hearing to consider an appeal by Nina Beety from the October 29, 2020 Zoning Administrator decision approving a Coastal Development Permit adding a 12-foot tower extension for a wireless communication facility on an existing 130.5-foot PG&E steel lattice tower located at 745 Dolan Road, Moss Landing (APN: 131-054-010-000, PLN200128/AT&T Mobility)
Report
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to:
a. Deny the appeal by Nina Beety from the October 29, 2020 Zoning Administrator decision approving a Coastal Development Permit [Planning File No. PLN200128 - PG&E (AT&T Mobility);
b. Find the project is limited development consisting of co-location of wireless communication facility and ground-based support equipment which qualifies as a Class 3 Categorical Exemption per section 15303(a) of the CEQA Guidelines and none of the exceptions under section 15300.2 apply; and
c. Approve a Coastal Development Permit to allow the co-location construction of a 12-foot tower extension for new wireless communications facility on an existing 130.5-foot PG&E lattice tower, increasing the height to 142.5 feet, adding 12 antennas, 15 remote radio units, 3 surge suppressors, an equipment shelter, and a backup generator in a new fenced adjacent compound subject to twelve (12) conditions of approval.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Agent: Tom Johnson, TSJ Consulting Inc., for AT&T Wireless
Property Owner: Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
Flagged and Staked: Photographic simulations
SUMMARY:
Located on Dolan Road about 2.75 miles from Highway 1, the project consists of co-locating a wireless facility on an existing PG&E lattice tower. The addition will add twelve (12) six-foot antennae panels to an existing steel lattice tower in Moss Landing, increasing the height from 130.5 feet to 142.5 feet. The existing lattice tower is on a 27.5-acre parcel owned by PG&E in the Rural Density Residential district within the Coastal Zone.
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