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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 - December 15 c.;>>500..G..~ Planning Commission Minutes December 15, 2008 10f4 Minutes Planning Commission City of Orange December 15,2008 Monday-7:00 p.m. PRESENT: ABSENT: Commissioners Cunningham, Imboden, Merino, Steiner and Whitaker STAFF PRESENT: Ed Knight, Assistant Community Development Director Gary Sheatz, Assistant City Attorney Sonal Thakur, Assistant Planner Sandi Dimick, Recording Secretary ADMINISTRATIVE SESSION: Chair Steiner opened the Administrative Session @ 6:42 p.m. with a review of the Agenda. Consent Calendar: Item #1 Minutes from the October 20, 2008 Planning Commission Meeting. Commissioner Merino requested a correction to page 13, to clarify his response. The change was noted. Item #2 Minutes from the November 3, 2008 Planning Commission Meeting. No changes or corrections were noted. New Hearing: Item #3 Verizon Wireless. Commissioner Merino stated he would have questions on the item. Assistant Planner, Sonal Thakur, stated there was a corrugated metal sample at the dais. It was a sample of the material proposed for the equipment enclosure. There was no further discussion. The Administrative Session closed @ 6:47 p.m. REGULAR SESSION: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: None CONSENT CALENDAR: (1) APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 20, 2008. Chair Steiner made a motion to approve the minutes of October 20, 2008, with changes noted during the Administrative Session. Page 1 of 4 Pages Planning Commission Minutes December 15,2008 20f4 SECOND: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Commissioner Merino Commissioners Cunningham, Imboden, Merino, and Steiner None Whitaker None MOTION CARRIED (2) APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 3, 2008. Chair Steiner made a motion to approve the minutes from the regular meeting of November 3, 2008 as written. SECOND: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Commissioner Cunningham Commissioners Cunningham, Imboden, Merino, Steiner and Whitaker None None None MOTION CARRIED NEW HEARINGS: (3) CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2715-08 & DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE NO. 4353-08- VERIZON WIRELESS "BRONSON" A proposal to locate a new, unmanned wireless communications facility and associated equipment cabinets on the top (5th) level of an existing residential apartment parking structure in place of three existing parking structure light standards. Verizon is proposing to remove three existing 25"-7" high light standards and replace them with light standards that are the same height and mount two flush panel antennas (4' high and 8"wide) on each of the light poles. LOCATION: NOTE: 1235 W. Town and Country Road The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(Class 1- Existing Facilities) because the project proposed is to replace three existing light standards with three new light standards to accommodate two flush mounted antenna panels on each standard as well as the construction of a 250 square foot metal structure to screen the four associated equipment cabinets. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Planning Commission Resolution 25-08 to replace three light standards on an existing 5 level apartment parking structure to accommodate 6 flush-mounted panel antennas and a new 8' high metal equipment enclosure. Page 2 of 4 Pages Planning Commission Minutes December 15, 2008 30f4 Assistant Planner, Sonal Thakur presented a project overview consistent with the Staff Report. Chair Steiner opened the item for any questions to Staff. There were none. Chair Steiner opened the Public Hearing and asked the applicant to step forward. Applicant, Eric Meurs, address on file, thanked Staff and stated Sonal had been great. He had been working with Staff on the proposed project for quite some time. The facility would fill in a diminished coverage hole in the area. They had been looking at the site for approximately five years. They had searched out the area and the Windsor at Main Place had been one of their considerations at one point when it had been under different ownership. With the recent ownership change they had been able to work out an agreement with the current property owner to add the proposed site. In regard to the corrugated steel, when he had met with the Design Review Committee they had spoken about the corrugated steel and their suggestions were used. Chair Steiner stated, for the record, the applicant had provided a sample of the corrugated steel that the applicant was proposing to use. Mr. Meurs stated the banding of the corrugated steel would be placed horizontally and would not be unsightly. They were trying to do the right thing to have the enclosure be visually unobtrusive. The antennas would be mounted 2 per pole to avoid having to install larger canisters and oversized poles. There was a similar installation that had been completed by Sprint at the Hutton Center in Santa Ana on the roof of a parking structure. They were hopeful that their installation would be acceptable. Chair Steiner asked if there were any questions for the applicant. There were none. Chair Steiner closed the Public Hearing and brought the item back to the Commission for further discussion. Commissioner Merino stated he thought the proposed project was a great example of co- location, a good analysis of utilizing the light poles to meet the cellular requirements and to fill in the gaps. The use of corrugated metal would give the project a high tech look and he felt it was a great project and he would be pleased to move approval of the project. Commissioner Imboden stated on Condition No.4, he believed there was a typo; it read that the antennas shall be enclosed within a cable tray and run and along the inside. He stated it should read within a cable tray and run along the inside. Commissioner Merino made a motion to adopt PC 25-08, a resolution of the Planning Commission, approving Conditional Use Permit 2715-08 and Design Review Committee No. 4353-08, on property zoned C-3 and noting the project was categorically exempt from CEQA. SECOND: AYES: NOES: Commissioner Whitaker Commissioners Cunningham, Imboden, Merino, Steiner and Whitaker None Page 3 of 4 Pages Planning Commission Minutes December 15,2008 40f4 ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None MOTION CARRIED (4) ADJOURNMENT Chair Steiner made a motion for adjournment to the next regular scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission on Monday, January 5, 2009. SECOND: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Commissioner Cunningham Commissioners Cunningham, Imboden, Merino, Steiner and Whitaker None None None MOTION CARRIED MEETING ADJOURNED @ 7:11 P.M. Page 4 of 4 Pages