Verizon Wireless / Conditional Use Permit / N-DRC2024-00011 (ED24-121)
Summary
SCH Number
2025010188
Public Agency
San Luis Obispo County
Document Title
Verizon Wireless / Conditional Use Permit / N-DRC2024-00011 (ED24-121)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/7/2025
Document Description
Hearing to consider a request by Verizon Wireless for a Conditional Use Permit (N-DRC2024-00011) to allow for the construction and operation of a new wireless communications facility consisting of three (3) sectors of three (3) antennas each, totaling nine (9) panel antennas along with six (6) remote radio units (RRUs), located within a seventy-foot (70’) faux water tower. Ancillary equipment, including a 30kW diesel generator, equipment cabinets, and PG&E transformer will be located on a 230-square-foot concrete pad within a 900-square-foot lease area enclosed by a 8-foot-tall chain-link fence. The proposed project will result in the disturbance of approximately 3000-square-feet on a 162.66-acre parcel and will be sited directly north from the County Fire station. The proposed project is within the Agricultural land use category and is located at 5225 Highway 41 East, approximately 0.5-miles north of the Community of Creston. The site is in the El Pomar-Estrella Sub Area of the North County Planning Area.
Contact Information
Name
Dominic Dal Porto
Agency Name
County of San Luis Obispo
Job Title
Planner I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Unincorporated Creston
Counties
San Luis Obispo
Regions
Unincorporated
Total Acres
162.66
Parcel #
043-091-075
State Highways
41
Other Location Info
5225 Highway 41, Creston, CA 93446
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Categorical Exemption. {Sec.15303; Class: 3}
Reasons for Exemption
The project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption (Class 3) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) because the construction of a wireless communications facility is minor in nature and the design will visually blend with the rural character of the surrounding area. Although the project is within the 1:1 San Joaquin Kit Fox mitigation area, the project has no significant impact on the San Joaquin Kit Fox as the area of disturbance is miniscule and the resulting structure is small in nature and will not disrupt any movement of the Kit Fox. Pre-construction surveys will occur for nesting birds and Kit Fox in accordance with the biological assessment (Trileaf, July 2024). The proposed project is surrounded by other similarly developed lots and would not change the primary use of the right-of-way or the general street and neighborhood design. It would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, since the facility is unmanned, with a technician visiting the site as required for routine maintenance. The proposed project will not impact any scenic resources for any officially designated scenic highway because the project is small in nature and has been designed to blend in with the existing neighborhood development. The location of the proposed project is not within any hazardous waste site compiled pursuant to Gov. Code § 65962.5. The proposed project does not involve or does not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. The site disturbance resulting from the project will only remove a minimal amount of ruderal vegetation and does not propose to remove any healthy, mature, or scenic trees. The project site has an average slope of only 3% and site disturbance will not occur in a flood zone, groundwater basin or near any streams, and would not have a significant effect on drainage or water quality.
County Clerk
San Luis Obispo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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