DATE: February 25, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Initial Study No. 7611 and Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3648 (Applicant/Appellant: Jason Osborne/Crown Castle)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider appeal of Planning Commission's denial of Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application (UCUP) No. 3648, proposing to allow construction of a new unmanned wireless telecommunications facility consisting of a 150-foot lattice tower with associated antennas and equipment on a 40-foot by 50-foot fenced area on a 1.45-acre parcel in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District; and
2. If the Appeal is granted and the Planning Commission's denial of Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3648 is overturned:
a) Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Initial Study Application No. 7611 and approve the proposal subject to project Mitigation Measures and Conditions of Approval; and
b) Make the required Findings specified in Fresno County Zoning Ordinance, Section 873(F) for approval of the Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3648; and
c) Adopt Resolution approving Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3648 for a wireless communications facility, with Conditions of Approval.
The subject property is located on the west side of South Elm Avenue approximately 1,764 feet north of its nearest intersection with East Elkhorn Avenue and approximately 3.36 miles southeast of the unincorporated community of Caruthers (SUP. DIST. 4) (APN 042-200-06S) (16629 S. Elm Avenue, Caruthers, CA).
REPORT
This item comes before your Board on appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of the subject application (6 to 0, 3 Commissioners absent) at its October 10, 2019 hearing. Department of Public Works and Planning staff notes that the Zoning Ordinance requires your Board to determine, i...
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