Sutro Tower Digital Television Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2008012005
Lead Agency
City and County of San Francisco
Document Title
Sutro Tower Digital Television Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Existing Land Use: A broadcast communications facility and tower.
Zoning: RH-1(D) (Residential, One-Family, Detached) use district; 40-X height and bulk district (40-foot height limit; no bulk limit)
General Plan Designation: Residential
Document Description
The project site is in the Midtown Terrace area of the Twin Peaks neighborhood. The proposed project would involve conversion of the television antennas on Sutro Tower from the current combination of analog and digital to an all-digital system, in compliance with a Federal Communications Commission mandate effective 2009. Project components would include: (1) replacement of the nine existing analog main antennas at the top of Sutro Tower with no more than five digital antennas at the same location; (2) structural upgrades to the tower to enable the tower to meet Building Code wind resistance requirements for an "essential facility" and to accommodate the placement of new digital television equipment on the tower; (3) removal of four digital main television antennas between Levels 5 and 6 of Sutro Tower; (4) removal of nine analog auxiliary television antennas on Level 2 and installation of two digital auxiliary antennas extending between Levels 3 and 4 and one digital auxiliary antenna at Level 2; (5) alteration, replacement, or addition of small ancillary and accessory antennas and equipment associated with the operation of Sutro Tower broadcasters; and (6) addition of auxiliary equipment, and electrical, elevator, and public safety improvements associated with the proposed project. The project would result in an overall net reduction of approximately 14 television antennas, from 22 to 8 antennas. There would be no expansion of the tower itself or the ancillary buildings at the base of the tower.
Contact Information
Name
Viktoriya Wise
Agency Name
San Francisco Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Francisco
Counties
San Francisco
Cross Streets
1 La Avanzada Street, south of Palo Alto Avenue
Zip
94131
Total Acres
5.6
Parcel #
Assessor's Block 2724, Lot 3
State Highways
SR-1, US-101, I-280
Schools
3 High Schools, 6 Middle Schools, and 15 Elementary Schools
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, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency
Development Types
Other (Broadcast Communications Facility (upgrade))
Local Actions
Discretionary Review per Plan Comm. Resolution 11399
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Fire Safety
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