REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
File #: 2014-8023
Location: 787 N. Mary Avenue (APN: 165-40-003)
Zoning: MS
Proposed Project: Application for a project on a 4.02-acre site:
USE PERMIT to allow a new 54-foot tall wireless facility (mono-eucalyptus) in the parking lot of an industrial site.
Applicant / Owner: Verizon Wireless (applicant) / North Mary, LLC (owner)
Environmental Review: Negative Declaration
Project Planner: Timothy Maier, (408) 730-7257, tmaier@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
General Plan: Industrial
Existing Site Conditions: Industrial/Office
Surrounding Land Uses
North: CA-237/US-101 Interchange
South: Industrial/Office
East: Industrial/Office
West: Sunnyvale Golf Course
Issues: Aesthetics, neighborhood compatibility
Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions
BACKGROUND
Description of Proposed Project
The applicant requests approval of a Use Permit to locate a new wireless telecommunications facility in the parking lot of an existing industrial/office property.
See Attachment 1 for a map of the vicinity and mailing area for notices and Attachment 2 for the Data Table of the project.
Previous Actions on the Site
A Use Permit was approved in 1980, allowing high-intensity employment at the subject site and permitting construction of the existing office building. No other significant land-use application has been reviewed in conjunction with the subject property.
DISCUSSION
Background
The proposed project is a new wireless telecommunications tower that will be camouflaged as a eucalyptus tree (applicant references this tower as a mono-eucalyptus). The proposed structure would be 54 feet tall as measured from adjacent grade to the maximum height of the tower, and would accommodate nine (9) panel antennas and nine (9) remote radio units (RRUs). The associated ground equipment is proposed to be sited at the base of the proposed tower and screened with a chain-link fence incorp...
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