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® HUNTINGTON BEACH OFFICE OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Room B-8 - Civic Center
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach California
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2001 - 1:30 P.M.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR: Mike Strange, Acting
STAFF MEMBER: Amy Wolfe, Ramona Kohlmann (recording secretary)
MINUTES: None
ORAL COMMUNICATION: None
ITEM 1: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO.01-07 (GOLDENWEST
COLLEGEIMETRICOM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY)
APPLICANT: Steve McDougall, Metricom, 1460 E. 33d 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 ft.
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
Amy Wolfe, Staff Planner, displayed project plans stating the purpose, location and zoning of the
requested project. Staff stated that they were unable to find building and conditional use permits for
the existing 95 ft. monopole. Staff recommended denial of the request based upon the findings as
outlined in the staff report. One telephone call was received inquiring into the proposed project and
neither support nor opposition to the request was expressed.
Mike Strange, Acting Zoning Administrator, confirmed with staff that the maximum building height in
a Public -Semipublic Zone is 50 feet.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED.
Steve McDougall, Metricom, 1460 E. 33`d St., Signal Hill, applicant, spoke in support of the proposed
Is project.
Mr. Strange indicated that he did visit the site. A discussion ensued with star and the applicant
concerning a possible reduction in the height of the pole, overall design and the alternatives and
consequences in attempting to camouflage the support pole by using a monopine, monopalm, or
flagpole.
Marcel Lacelle, 7142 Wellesley Avenue, Westminster, indicated he was present to observe the results
of the meeting.
THERE WERE NO OTHER PERSONS PRESENT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE
REQUEST AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 01-07 WAS DENIED BY THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS FOR DENIAL. HE STATED
THAT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR CAN BE APPEALED
TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITHIN TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS.
FINDINGS FOR PROJECTS EXEMPT FROM CEOA:
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. 0
FINDINGS FOR DENIAL — CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 01-07:
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.
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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.
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 1:43 PM BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR TO
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 AT 1:30 PM.
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Mike Strange
Acting Zoning Administrator
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