Conditional Use Permit 2008-0016

Conditional Use Permit 2008-0016

Verizon Wireless is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 150 ft lattice cell tower, 12 antenna sectors and two 8 ft microwave dishes. The project site is located at 11869 Smith Road in Browns Valley. Although the entire site is 10 acres, the leased area containing the tower, an equipment shelter and a 500 gallon propane tank supplying power to a generator is ~2,500 sf (50' X 50'). A 15 ft wide access easement has been provided for Verizon personnel to access the lease area which is secured by a 12 ft locked access gate. The Yuba County General Plan identifies this area as within the Loma Rica/Browns Valley Community Plan with a Land Use designation of Neighborhood Commercial. The site is zoned Residential Commercial.

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Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency

Commercial (Sq. Ft. 2500, Acres 10, Employees 0)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire