US Cellular Conditional Use Permit (CUP-00-26) for a 70' Tall Faux Wooden Water Tower Cellular Communications Facility
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2002112063
Lead Agency
Humboldt County
Document Title
US Cellular Conditional Use Permit (CUP-00-26) for a 70' Tall Faux Wooden Water Tower Cellular Communications Facility
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The approximately 80 acre parcel is developed with an abandoned Simpson Mill building, an office buidling for Sun Valley fams, and vast amounts of asphalt parking area used by the old mill, plus growing fields for the bulb farm and areas used for soil remediation.
General Industry and Exclusive Agriculture
Pre-zoned Agriculture Exclusive
Heavy Industrial with a Qualified combining Zone, and Agriculture Exclusive
Document Description
The development of a 70' high cellular communication tower (faux water tower), and the installation of a pre-fabricated 220 square foot equipment building. This is a reduction in height from the previously proposed 150' monopole. This decrease in height, however, will significantly limit the pole's ability to co-locate future cellular/PCS carriers. A lease agreement for a 40' x 25' portion of the approximately 80 acre parcel will be used for the cellular communications purposes. The proposed location of the leased site and the tower have also been modified. The new site will be adjacent to the west side of the existing abandoned Simpson Mill building and only the top ~22' of the tower will be exposed above the 57' tall mill structure. This location is intended to reduce the visual impacts of the previous site in the NW corner of the parcel. The communication facility will be secured by an 8' chain link fence topped with barbed wire. No special paint color or lights are anticipated for the tower. The parcel is developed with industrial and office structures, access and parking improvements. Project improvements will be located in areas zoned Heavy Industrial (MH).
Contact Information
Name
Alyson Hunter, Planner II
Agency Name
Humboldt County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Arcata
Counties
Humboldt
Cross Streets
Jackson Ranch Road with Simpson Mill Road
Zip
95521
Parcel #
506-231-02
State Highways
101
Railways
Defunct logging spur off
Schools
Bloomfiled Elem. School, St. Mary's School
Township
6N
Range
1E
Section
19
Other Information
Acres: 1000 sf lease portion of ~80 acre parcel
Base: Humboldt Meridian
Railways cont.: Northern Pacific Line
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Commercial (70' tall, non-lighted faux water tower cellular facility)(Employees no permanent)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Use Permit: Conditional
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.