Memorandum
Date: November 17, 2025
To: The Lake County Planning Commission
From: Mireya G. Turner, Director, Community Development
Trish Turner, Associate Planner
Subject:
Executive Summary: The applicant is proposing a Major Use Permit (PL-25-60/ UP 24-03) to construct a new 150' tall lattice wireless communication tower, including three (3) sectors of three (3) antennas each, totaling nine (9) panel antennas along with nine (9) remote radio units (RRU) mounted below/adjacent to the antennas. The proposed facility would be designed as a one hundred fifty-foot (150') lattice tower with antennas at a tip height of 124 feet. Associated equipment cabinets would be placed at the base of the tower within a new eight-foot chain-link fence enclosure occupying a 30 ft x 30 ft (900 square feet) area (referred to as the lease area). The purpose of the new tower is to bridge the gap in a "dead zone" from Lake County to Williams, along the Interstate 5 (I-5) corridor. Site Plans are included in Attachment 1, while Photo Simulations and Coverage Maps are included in Attachment 2.
Recommended Action: Staff recommends the Planning Commission take the following actions:
A. Adopt Initial Study (IS 24-03/ PL-25-60) for Major Use Permit (UP 24-03/ PL-25-60) with the following findings:
1. Potential impacts to Aesthetics can be mitigated to 'less than significant' levels with the inclusion of mitigation measure AES-1 through AES-3.
2. Potential impacts to Air Quality can be mitigated to less than significant levels with the inclusion of mitigation measures AQ-1 and AQ-2.
3. Potential environmental impacts related to Biological Resources can be mitigated to less than significant with the inclusion of mitigation measure BIO-1 through BIO-4.
4. Potential environmental impacts related to Cultural Resources can be mitigated to less than significant levels by mitigation measures CUL-1 through CUL-3.
5. Potential impacts to Geology and Soils resources can be mitigated ...
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