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CUP No. 2011-14 June 27, 2011 Page 2 The proposed wireless facility will contain three arrays with two panel antennas on each side, for a total of six panel antennas. A GPS and parabolic antenna will also be located on the monopine, which will be camouflaged as a Canary Island Pine Tree. Additionally, a new trash enclosure, built to City standards, will be installed. Project Backaround The building on the property is currently vacant, but was previously occupied by Blue Bird Towing, who used the site as a storage lot for vehicles until December 2009. In 2004, Conditional Use Permit No. 2004-34 was approved that allowed Sprint to install a 58-foot high cellular facility stealthed as a monopalm. The property owner will be leasing approximately 320 square feet of area on the site to Metro PCS for the installation of the cell tower and related equipment. General Plan and Zoning Consistenc The General Plan land use designation for the site is Industrial (IND), which allows for manufacturing and industrial uses. Uses such as wireless facilities are consistent with this General Plan land use designation. The zoning for the site is Heavy Industrial (M-2). The Heavy Industrial zoning district is a zone that also allows for manufacturing, industrial and warehouse uses. The proposed use is also consistent with the zoning designation. Project Analvsis In July 1998, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-2356, which established regulations for wireless communication facilities throughout the City. Major wireless facilities, which are ground mounted facilities such as the one proposed, or roof mounted and higher than 10 feet above the roof of a building, are required to have a stealth design and be located in an area that provides the greatest amount of visual screening. Further, these major facilities require the approval of a conditional use permit. Also, Section 41-198.4 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) identifies several site improvements that may be required at sites with major wireless facilities. These improvements include: 1. Landscaping around the base of the facility, including vines, groundcover and a 24-inch box tree; 2. Decorative fencing (wrought iron or block) around the facility; 3. A six-foot high solid wall between the facility and property zoned or used for residential; 4. One parking space, if on-site parking is not available; 5. Repairing, repaving and restriping of a parking lot which is in poor condition; 6. The repainting of buildings on a site; and 7. The construction of a new trash enclosure. 31A-4