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NOTICE OF ACTION
June 7, 2001
PETITION DOCUMENT: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 01-07 (GOLDENWEST
COLLEGE/METRICOM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
FACILITY)
APPLICANT: Steve McDougall, Metricom, 1460 E. 33`d St., Signal Hill, CA 90807
PROPERTY OWNER: Coast Community College District, 2701 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA
92626
Goldenwest College, 15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach, CA 92647
REQUEST: To establish a wireless communications facility on an existing 95 $. high,
freestanding, wireless communications antenna pole (monopole) within the
Goldenwest College campus.
LOCATION: 15744 Goldenwest Street (Southeast corner of Goldenwest Street and
McFadden Avenue)
PROJECT PLANNER: Amy Wolfe
Dear Applicant:
Your application was acted upon by the Zoning Administrator of the City of Huntington Beach on June 6,
2001, and your request was Denied. Included in this letter are the Findings of Denial for this application.
Under the provisions of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance, the action taken by the
Zoning Administrator is final unless an appeal is filed to the Planning Commission by you or by an
interested party. Said appeal must be in writing and must set forth in detail the action and grounds by
which the applicant or interested party deems himself aggrieved. Said appeal must be accompanied by a
filing fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) if the appeal is filed by a single family dwelling property
owner appealing the decision on his own property and Six Hundred Ninety Dollars ($690.00) if the appeal
is filed by any other party. The appeal shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Planning Commission
within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the Zoning Administrator's action.
The last day for filing an appeal and paying the filing fee for the above noted application is June 18, 2001.
Jun-1S-01 ,01:47P GoldeWest College 8950989 P.03
Conditional Use Permit No. 01-07
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Provisions of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance are sujhlFt qy-appliyiton
becomes null and void one (1) year after the final approval, unless actual cons*t tion llas begun..
FINDINGS FOR PROJECTS EXEMPT FROM CE A:
The Zoning Administrator finds that the project will not have any significant effect on the environment and
is'exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section
15303 of the CEQA Guidelines. The subject wireless communication facility proposal involves
modification to the exterior of an existing structure, therefore, it is exempt from further environmental
review.
FINDINGS FOR DENIAL - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 01-07:
1. Conditional Use Permit No. 01-07 for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a wireless
communication facility on an existing monopole at Goldenwest College will be detrimental to the
general welfare of persons working or residing in the vicinity and detrimental to the value of property
and improvements in the neighborhood. New, additional antenna arrays are proposed to be attached
on the 95 ft. high illegally constructed monopole at a height of 85 ft. above grade. The new antennas
will be visible from and will adversely impact single-family residential uses west of the site across
Goldenwest Street as well as existing developments north of the subject property, across McFadden
Avenue.
2. The conditional use permit will not be compatible with surrounding uses due to the wireless
communication structure's height and proximity to residential uses.
3. The proposed Conditional Use Permit No. 01-07 will not comply with the provision of the base district
of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance pertaining to maximum height of
structures. The Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance limits the height of structures
within the Public-semipublic zone to 50 ft. The existing monopole exceeds the maximum allowable
height by 45 ft. and the height of the monopole, measured to the top of the new antenna arrays, will
exceed the maximum allowable height by 35 feet.
4. The granting of the entitlement plan amendment will adversely affect the General Plan. The project is
inconsistent with the following Land Use Element design and development policy of the General Plan:
a. LU 13.1.8: Ensure that the City's public buildings, sites, and infrastructure are designed to be
compatible in scale, mass, character and architecture with existing buildings and pertinent design
characteristics prescribed by this General Plan for the district or neighborhood in which they are
located, and work with non-City public agencies to encourage compliance.
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Conditional Use Permit No. 01-07
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I hereby certify that Conditional Use Permit No. 01-07 was Denied by the Zonirg FdnZirdstratprpf the
City of Huntington Beach, California, on June 6, 2001, upon the foregoing coMtions ind cita ions.
Very truly yours,
Mike Strange, Acting
Zoning Administrator
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