Title
PLN23-0031; Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to build an 80-foot high Wireless Telecommunications Facility at 440 Peralta Ave. APN: 075-0225-001-04. Zoning District: DA-2. Applicant: Tower Engineering Professionals. Property Owner: Donald R. and Jo A. Lee Trust.
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The applicant is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to build a new Wireless Telecommunications Facility at 440 Peralta Avenue. The Wireless Telecommunications Facility would consist of a freestanding 80-foot high monopole designed to resemble a pine tree ("monopine") and related equipment. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt the attached Resolution, approving the Conditional Use Permit (PLN23-0031), based on the recommended Findings of Fact and subject to the recommended Conditions of Approval.
BACKGROUND AND RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING AREA
The project site is 440 Peralta Avenue, a 57,784 square foot parcel in the DA-2 (Downtown Area 2) zoning district. The L-shaped parcel has frontage along San Leandro Boulevard and Peralta Avenue. The site contains a 23,200 square foot warehouse and a 2,100 square foot garage, with two ancillary parking areas. Nearby properties, to the northeast, include a tow yard, warehouses, public storage facilities, Siempre Verde Park, and single-family residences across San Leandro Boulevard. On the west side, there are overhead BART rail lines, Union Pacific rail lines, and the southern portion of Cherrywood residential tract.
PROJECT PROPOSAL
The applicant, Tower Engineering Professionals, is proposing to build a new Wireless Telecommunications Facility that will support cellular service in San Leandro and AT&T's FirstNet broadband network, that is being developed for the use of emergency responders. See Attachment 1, Exhibit A: Project Statement.
The proposed Wireless Telecommunications Facility would be located at the rear of the subject property, within an existing parki...
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