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Planning commission approves Verizon cell-tower permit with cleanup condition
Summary
Mendocino County Planning Commission granted a use permit to Cellco Partnership (Verizon Wireless) for a new 65-foot monopine cell tower and added a condition requiring remediation of on-site code violations before a building permit is issued. The motion passed 4–1.
The Mendocino County Planning Commission voted to approve a use permit for a 65-foot “monopine” cellular antenna tower proposed by Cellco Partnership (doing business as Verizon Wireless), adopting staff findings and conditions and adding a new condition requiring existing code violations on the parcel be remediated before issuance of a building permit. The motion passed with four commissioners in favor and Chair Babbini dissenting.
Commissioners weighed public-safety and site-maintenance concerns alongside standard technical conditions. Staff planner Keith Groenendyke told the commission that staff recommended a negative declaration under CEQA and recommended approval of U_2024-0004, and read revisions to conditions of approval, including clarified signage language and equipment separation standards. “The wireless communications facility shall comply in all respects with all FCC requirements, including any American National Standards Institute requirements incorporated therein,” Groenendyke read into the record when describing a redline revision to the signage condition.
The permit covers a…
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