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Commission approves 100-foot stealth eucalyptus tower at 511 Buena Vista Avenue; staff corrects coverage target
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a special use permit May 1 for a 100-foot stealth eucalyptus wireless tower at 511 Buena Vista Avenue and staff corrected a coverage-target error in the agenda packet and maintained a generator-testing restriction because farmworker housing is nearby.
The Oxnard City Planning Commission unanimously approved a special use permit May 1 for a 100-foot tall wireless communications facility designed to resemble a eucalyptus tree at 511 Buena Vista Avenue.
Staff said the property sits in a heavy manufacturing zoning district and that the staff report had an incorrect coverage-target description that was updated: the target coverage area for the proposal is the intersection of Buena Vista Avenue and Fifth Street (the staff report had incorrectly listed Vineyard Avenue and Ventura Road). Staff also recommended retaining a standard condition that limits emergency generator testing to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and prohibits testing on Sunday; staff said the condition is warranted because farmworker housing sits roughly 300 feet east of the project site at 1700 East Fifth Street.
Vance Pomeroy, representing APC Towers on behalf of the applicant, told the commission he had reviewed the staff findings, conformance chart and recommended conditions and had no issues with the standard conditions.
The application requests construction of a 100-foot-tall stealth eucalyptus tower with an associated ground equipment enclosure; staff presented the proposed findings and conditions and recommended the commission find the project exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Class 3 (new construction) and adopt the approving resolution.
Vice Chair Dr. Stewart moved and Commissioner Lopez seconded the motion to adopt the CEQA exemption and approve Planning and Zoning Permit No. 20-45-32 (special use permit). The motion passed on a 4-0 roll call.
Votes at a glance: Motion to approve passed 4-0 (mover: Vice Chair Dr. Stewart; second: Commissioner Lopez; votes: Chair: aye; Vice Chair Dr. Stewart: aye; Commissioner Lopez: aye; Commissioner Nash: aye).
