File #: 24-1097    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/28/2024 In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
On agenda: 1/6/2025 Final action: 1/6/2025
Title: SUBJECT: Public Hearing - Appeal of Planning Commission's Denial of Conditional Use Permit #1277, Initiated by AT&T Mobility; This Application Involves a Request to Construct a 55-Foot-Tall Wireless Communication Tower in the Form of a Stealth Mono-Pine Tree at 1717 E. Olive Avenue, Generally Located at the Northeast Corner of E. Olive Avenue and Parsons Avenue, with a General Plan Designation of Low Density Residential (LD), and a Zoning Classification of (R-1-6) REPORT IN BRIEF AT&T Mobility is appealing the Planning Commission's denial of Conditional Use Permit #1277 to construct a 55-foot-tall wireless communication tower in the form of a stealth mono-pine tree at 1717 E. Olive Avenue. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Adopting Resolution 2025-__, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, approving the appeal of AT&T of the Merced Planning Commission approval of Conditional Use Permit #1277; or, B. Adopting Resolution 2025-__ , a Res...
Attachments: 1. Letter of Appeal from AT&T Mobility, 2. Planning Commission Meeting Minute Excerpt (September 18, 2024), 3. Planning Commission Resolution #4137 (Denial), 4. Planning Commission Staff Report #24-783 (CUP #1277), 5. Zoning Ordinance 20.58 – Wireless Communication Facilities, 6. Draft Site Plan Resolution, 7. Site Plan Committee Minute Excerpt of April 24, 2024, 8. Public Comments_Redacted.pdf, 9. Public Hearing Notice Map for Appeal of Planning Commission’s Denial of Conditional Use Permit #1277, 10. Presentation, 11. Proposed Resolution to Approve Appeal, 12. Proposed Resolution to Approve Appeal - Exhibit A, 13. Proposed Resolution to Deny Appeal
Report Prepared by: Jessie Lee, Development Services Technician II, Development Services Department

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SUBJECT: Public Hearing - Appeal of Planning Commission's Denial of Conditional Use Permit #1277, Initiated by AT&T Mobility; This Application Involves a Request to Construct a 55-Foot-Tall Wireless Communication Tower in the Form of a Stealth Mono-Pine Tree at 1717 E. Olive Avenue, Generally Located at the Northeast Corner of E. Olive Avenue and Parsons Avenue, with a General Plan Designation of Low Density Residential (LD), and a Zoning Classification of (R-1-6)

REPORT IN BRIEF
AT&T Mobility is appealing the Planning Commission's denial of Conditional Use Permit #1277 to construct a 55-foot-tall wireless communication tower in the form of a stealth mono-pine tree at 1717 E. Olive Avenue.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:

A. Adopting Resolution 2025-__, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, approving the appeal of AT&T of the Merced Planning Commission approval of Conditional Use Permit #1277; or,

B. Adopting Resolution 2025-__ , a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, denying the appeal of AT&T of the Merced Planning Commission denial of Conditional Use Permit #1277; or,

C. Continuing the appeal to a specific date (to be spelled out in the Council motion).

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DISCUSSION
Background

AT&T Mobility is appealing the Planning Commission's denial of Conditional Use Permit #1277 to construct a 55-foot-tall wireless communication tower in the form of a stealth mono-pine tree at 1717 E. Olive Avenue. The proposed project is located at the northeast corner of E. Olive Avenue and Parsons Avenue within a developed lot occupied by the Bear Creek Community Church of the Nazarene. Per Merced Municipal Code Land Use Table 20.58-2 - Review Procedures for Support Towers for Wireless Communication Facilities (Attachment 5), a site plan review is required for stealth facilities within an R-1...

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