Verizon McCourtney Road Communication Tower Use Permit - PLN23-0193, CUP23-0017, EIS23-0013
Summary
SCH Number
2024110597
Lead Agency
Nevada County
Document Title
Verizon McCourtney Road Communication Tower Use Permit - PLN23-0193, CUP23-0017, EIS23-0013
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The proposed communication facility would be located in a 30-foot-by-30-foot lease area slightly northeast of the middle of an approximately 4.01-acre parcel. The parcel is located approximately 0.2 miles west of the City of Grass Valley City limits, 0.5 miles south of California State Highway 20, near the Nevada County Fairgrounds at 11962 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, CA 95945. The subject parcel (APN: 007-360-044) is zoned Residential Agricultural (RA-3) with a General Plan designation of Estate (EST). The subject parcel is developed with a church that was permitted under U82-020, U82-021, U89-003 and constructed under building permit 91031880.
Document Description
The project is an application for a Conditional Use Permit for a proposed new telecommunication facility at 11962 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949. The proposed facility will be designed as a one-hundred fifty foot (150') faux pine tree (monopine) with antennas at a tip height of one-hundred forty-five feet (145'). All brackets, antennas and RRUs will be painted green to match the faux pine -tree. Associated equipment cabinets will be placed at the base of the pole within a new eight-foot (8') wood fence enclosure occupying 900 square feet (referred to as the lease area). The lease area will contain three equipment cabinets and a diesel generator. The project will also include a PG&E transformer and approximately 388 feet of underground power and fiber cables proposed to be trenched beneath the existing parking lot from the lease area to a utility pole and fiber point of connection. The site will be accessed by an existing dirt access road that is approximately 50 feet long.
Contact Information
Name
David Nicholas
Agency Name
Nevada County
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Grass Valley
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Countywide
Zip
95945
Total Acres
0.13
Parcel #
007-360-044
State Highways
20
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
N/A
Waterways
Allison Ranch Canal, Cory Canal
Township
16 N
Range
8 E
Section
33
Other Location Info
The project is located at 11962 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, CA 95945, 0.2 miles west of the City of Grass Valley City limits, 0.5 miles south of California State Highway 20, near the Nevada County Fairgrounds.
Notice of Completion
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Development Types
Other (Communication Tower)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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