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Lake County planning commission approves 80-foot monopine wireless tower at 3275 Hill Road
Summary
The Lake County Planning Commission on Jan. 23 approved a mitigated negative declaration and a major use permit for an 80-foot 'monopine' wireless communication tower at 3275 Hill Road in Lakeport (APN 005-015-41). The decision includes conditions from the Lakeport Fire Protection District and a seven-calendar-day appeal period.
The Lake County Planning Commission on Jan. 23, 2025, approved a mitigated negative declaration (IS 23-14) and a major use permit (UP 23-07) allowing an 80-foot monopine wireless communication tower to be built at 3275 Hill Road in Lakeport (APN 005-015-41).
The project applicant, Public Safety Towers LLC (referred to in the hearing as PSTC), proposes a monopine (tree-shaped) facility sited roughly 487 feet west of California State Highway 29, about 125 feet north of a PG&E substation and about 615 feet from Burger Lake. The compound would include a 35-by-35-foot lease area, 15 antennas, 15 radios, three surge suppressors, three antenna mounts, a 30-kilowatt diesel generator, a 150-gallon diesel fuel storage tank and a battery backup system. County staff recommended adoption of a mitigated negative declaration, concluding that identified impacts to aesthetics, air quality, biological and cultural resources, geology and soils, tribal cultural resources and wildfire could be reduced to less-than-significant levels with mitigation measures outlined in the staff report.
A county planner presented the project and the draft environmental…
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