HomeMy WebLinkAbout19492 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/7/1999 RESOLUTION NO. 19492
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING, SUBJECT TO
THE CONDITIONS STATED, CASE NO. 3.1716, AN
APPLICATION BY MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS
' CORPORATION FOR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ANTENNA, CONSISTING OF A 60-FOOT TALL
MONOPOLE WITH FOUR 6-FOOT DIAMETER RADIO
TRANSMITTING ANTENNAE AND TWO 4-FOOT
RADIO TRANSMITTING ANTENNAE LOCATED AT
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GENE AUTRY TRAIL
AND CHIA ROAD, M-1-P ZONE, SECTION 13.
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WHEREAS, Morris Communications Corporation, (the "applicant") has filed an
application with the City pursuant to Section 9404.00 of the Zoning Ordinance for
Architectural Approval Case No. 3.1716 for a proposed telecommunications antenna,
consisting of a 60-foot tall monopole with four six-foot diameter radio transmitting
antennae and two four-foot radio transmitting antennae loacted at the southwest corner of
Gene Autry Trail and Chia Road, M-1-P Zone, Section 13; and
WHEREAS, the applicant is requesting that the City Council take action on the proposed
application to allow the applicant to remedy outstanding financial contracts or issues
associated with the purchase of the site in question; and
WHEREAS, on March 3, 1999, the Airport Commission reviewed this item, which at the
time was proposed as an 80-foot tall structure, and recommended that the proponent be
required to maintain obstruction lighting on the tower and that the tower be of the lowest
possible height; and
WHEREAS, since the time of the Airport Commission meeting on March 3, 1999, the
applicant has reduced the height of the structure to its currently proposed overall height of
60 feet; and
WHEREAS, the applicant will be removing a number of communications antennae from
the roof of the two-story building located at the northeast corner of Ramon Road and
Farrell Drive with the relocation of the facility to the proposed site; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs reviewed the application at their
April 7, 1999 meeting in accordance with applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the proposed application is categorically exempt pursuant to the terms of the
California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) per Section 15303 (New Construction and
Conversion of Small Structures); and
' WHEREAS, the City Council has carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence
presented in connection with the project, including, but not limited to the staff report and
all written and oral testimony presented.
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THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS: A y/J
Section 1: Pursuant to CEQA, the City Council finds as follows:
The project is categorically exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to
Section 15303 (New Construction and Conversion of Small Structures) of the
CEQA guidelines. ,
Section 2: Pursuant to Zoning Ordinance Section 9404.00, the City Council finds that,
with the Conditions of Approval incorporated herein by reference, the
proposed application will not have a significant negative detrimental
aesthetic impact on the community and is not detrimental to existing uses
or to future uses specifically permitted with this zone or with uses and or
zoning designations in the immediate area in which the proposed is to be
located.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing, the: City
Council hereby approves Case No. 3.1716, subject to those conditions set forth in Exhibit
A, on file in the office of the City Clerk, which are to be satisfied prior to recordation of
a final map or the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, unless other specified.
ADOPTED this �thdayof Apr,i1 _, 1999.
AYES: Members Barnes, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member Hodges
ABSTAIN: '
ATTEST: CIT�Y,""'7 PALM SPRING , CALIFORNIA
City Clerk (City Manager
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: Azi,
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