Use Permit - Withdrawn - 2003July 29, 2003
Mr. Dennis Martin
Sausedo Company
69 Lester Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
Re: Conditional Use Permit Application
File No.: PLN2003-00089
125 E. Sunnyoaks Ave.
Dear Mr. Martin:
Thank you for your submittal of a Conditional Use Permit application for the continued use of a
Sprint PCS wireless communications facility located at 125 E. Sunnyoaks Avenue. This
application will be considered by the Planning Commission at a public hearing.
Your application has been deemed incomplete. Additional information/documents must be
submitted before your application can be deemed complete and scheduled for a public hearing.
These items are as follows:
1. Planning Commission Contribution Disclosure Form: Please complete the enclosed
contribution disclosure form.
2. Additional Information: The Community Development Director may require applicants to
submit additional documentation which the Director deems necessary to evaluate the site
and facility. The Telecommunications Ordinance requires that if technological
improvements or developments occur which allow the use of materially smaller or less
visually obtrusive equipment, the service provider shall be required to replace or upgrade
the approved facility upon application for a new Conditional Use Permit application to
minimize any adverse visual effects. The application proposes to install radomes over the
existing antennas to camouflage the antennas from view. The Director finds that the current
proposal does not provide a less visually obtrusive facility and that other stealth techniques
should be investigated. Other preferred mounting techniques should be investigated besides
roof-mounted equipment due to the high visibility of the roof of this building from San
Tomas Expressway.
Please contact me at (408) 866-2193 or via email at stephaniew@cityofcampbell.com to set up a
meeting to go over these comments.
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Sincerely,
Stephanie Willsey
Planner I
encl: Planning Commission Contribution Disclosure Form
cc: Geoff Bradley, Senior Planner
Lesley J. Moresco c/o Martin Murphy-Tobin & Tobin, One Montgomery Street #1500, San Francisco, CA
94104
March 8, 2002
Ben Davies
Richard Conner Riley & Associates
2420 Camino Ramon, Suite 380
San Ramon, CA 94583
Re: Notice of Expiration of Conditional Use Permit No. UP 96-10
Sprint Telecommunications Facility
125 E. Sunnyoaks Avenue
Dear Mr. Davies:
The Planning Division is hereby informing Sprint that Conditional Use Permit No. UP 96-10 expired
on October 8, 2001. The Conditional Use Permit cannot be extended by the Community Development
Director. The Planning Commission has the authority to reinstate an expired use permit; however, the
antenna facility must meet all the requirements of the City's Telecommunications Facility Ordinance,
which was adopted in 1998. Specific requirements applying to this facility include:
Section 21.60.045 (8): Upgrading of Facility Required. If technological improvements or
developments occur which allow the use of materially smaller or less visually obtrusive
equipment, the service provider will be required to replace or upgrade the approved facility
upon application for a new Use Permit application to minimize adverse effects related to land
use compatibility, visual resources, public safety or other environmental factors.
21.60.070 (4): Roof Mounted. Roof-mounted antennas and associated equipment shall be
located as far back from the edge of the roof as technically possible to minimize visibility
from street level locations. Where appropriate, construction of a roof-top parapet wall or
other appropriate screening to hide the facility may be required.
(6): Stealthing:, The applicants are encouraged to consider providing architectural treatments
and to use "stealth techniques" to reduce potential visual impacts for all telecommunication
facilities, and especially for those proposed in areas easily visible from a major traffic
corridor or commercial center or in residential areas. Stealth techniques can be required as
Conditions of Approval when determined to be necessary to mitigate adverse visual impacts.
21 60 140 (5): Minimize Visual Impacts. All roof mounted antennas shall be located in an
area of the roof where the visual impact is minimized. Rooftop equipment installations shall
be setback such that they are not viewed from the street. Screening panels may be used to
mitigate visual impacts but must be designed to blend with the architecture of the building in
terms of scale, material and color. The cost or inconvenience to provide such screening of
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Notice of Expiration of Conditional Use Permit No. UP 96-10
Sprint Telecommunications Facility -125 E. Sunnyoaks Avenue
March 8 2002 Page 2
visual equipment shall not by itself provide justification to install visible equipment or
antennas.
(8): Antenna Height. Notwithstanding Subsection 4 of this Section, no roof mounted
antennas, including support structures, shall exceed 6 feet in height above the parapet of the
roof.
The Wireless Telecommunications Facility Ordinance requires the facility to meet all these
requirements in conjunction with the reinstatement of the Conditional Use Permit. Sprint will be
required to meet the requirements of the Ordinance listed above immediately, including the
requirement that the antennas shall not exceed 6 feet in height above the parapet of the roof.
This letter serves as a notice of 30 days to submit a complete application and fees for the
reinstatement of the expired Conditional Use Permit.
Sincerely,
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Darcy Smith
Planner II
Cc: Geoff Bradley, Senior Planner
Sharon Fierro, Community Development Director
Lena & William Spencer, 404 Palm Avenue, Millbrae, CA 94030