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Applicant: Elston Jones w/TEP on behalf of Crown Castle for Dish Wireless
Applicant Address: 4710 Elwood St. Suite 9, Phoenix, AZ 85040
Project Manager: Carlos Serna, MPP, Assistant Planner
Log No. & Name: PA 2022-24/CDR 2022-13 Minor Design Review
Location/Address: 61000 Lake Street (APN: 390-120-011)
Dish Wireless Site ID: LSSNA02133A
Project Description: The project is a proposal by Dish Wireless to install two (2) panel
antennas, one (1) antenna T-arm mount assembly, four (4) RRUs, one
(1) over voltage protection device, and one (1) hybrid cable at 53'-0"
high centerline on an existing 75'-8" high monopole. Additionally, the
proposal includes the installation of one (1) concrete pad, one (1) ICE
bridge, one (1) PPC cabinet, one (1) equipment cabinet, one (1) power
conduit, one (1) Telco conduit, one (1) Telco-Fiber box, one (1) GPS
unit, one (1) Fiber Nid, one (1) Meter with disconnect mounted on the
existing CMU wall, and one (1) fiber handhole that would be enclosed
by 8'-8" by 7'-4" CMU wall expansion with an access gate with a 35 sq.
ft. lease area expansion at the existing wireless communications facility.
The Project is located at 61000 Lake Street APN: 390-120-011
Environmental The project is Categorically Exempt from environmental review under
Determination: Section 15301 (Class 1: Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines.
ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION: Per Section 17.415.140.E of the Lake Elsinore Municipal
Code (LEMC), minor design review applications for eligible facilities request shall be reviewed by
the Community Development Director or his designee. The Community Development Director
shall approve the minor design review application, provided the following findings can be made:
1. The applicant proposes an eligible facilities request; and,
2. The proposed collocation or modification does not defeat any existing concealment
elements of the support structure.
Staff has determined that the proposed project qualifies as an eligible facilities request in
accordance with Section 17.415.140.B.4 of the LEMC. Eligible facilities request means any
request for modification of an existing tower or base station that, within the meaning of the
Spectrum Act, does not substantially change the physical dimensions of that tower or base
station, and involves the collocation of new transmission equipment, the removal of transmission
equipment, or the replacement of transmission equipment.
The Project is proposing to modify an existing wireless communications facility and qualifies as
an eligible facilities request.
The Project also complies with the design directives contained in LEMC
Section 17.415.140.E and all other applicable provisions of the Municipal Code.
PA 2022-24/CDR 2022-13
Dish Wireless Site ID: LSSNA02133A Administrative Approval: 12/05/2022
Conditions and safeguards pursuant to LEMC Sections 17.415.060 and 17.415.140.E including
guarantees and evidence of compliance with conditions, have been incorporated into the approval
of the proposed project to ensure development of the property in accordance with the objectives
of these chapters and the planning district in which the site is located.
Furthermore, staff has reviewed the project for consistency with applicable provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Based upon that review the Community
Development Director finds and determines that the proposed project is Categorically Exempt
from environmental review under Section 15301 (Class 1: Existing Facilities). Class 1 consists of
the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing
public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving
negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's
determination. The Project involves modifying an existing wireless communications facility by
adding additional antennas, ancillary equipment and ground equipment. The Project only involves
a minor alteration to the existing facility.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 51" day of December, 2022:
Damaris Abraham,
Interim Asst. Community Development Director
Appeals: In accordance with Section 17.415.140.F.1 of the LEMC, the Community Development
Director's decision on minor design review applications for Eligible Facilities is final and shall not
be appealable.
Lapse of design review approval and time extensions: The design review approval shall lapse
and become void two years following the date on which the design review became effective,
unless one of the following: (1) prior to the expiration of two years, a building permit related to the
design review is issued and construction commenced and diligently pursued toward completion;
or (2) prior to the expiration of two years, the applicant has applied for and has been granted an
extension of the design review approval. The expiration date of an approved design review may
be extended for no more than two years. The first extension may be granted for one-year subject
to the approval of the Community Development Director after consultation with other City
departments if such design review complies with current laws, standards and policies. The second
one-year extension may be granted by the approving body (i.e., City Council, Planning
Commission) that approved the underlying design review so long as the design review complies
with current laws, standards and policies. Application for extensions of time shall be filed prior to
the expiration of the initial design review approval and accompanied by a fee in an amount as
established by resolution of the City Council.
Attachments:
1. Conditions of Approval
PA 2022-24/CDR 2022-13
Dish Wireless Site ID: LSSNA02133A Administrative Approval: 12/05/2022
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Record of Administrative Approval file