To: PLANNING COMMISSION
From: VICTORIA BANFIELD, ASSOCIATE PLANNER
TITLE
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Public Hearing for consideration of an Exemption Declaration and Conditional Use Permit to allow the installation and operation of a wireless telecommunication facility on an existing Southern California Edison Transmission Tower on property located at 2504 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in the Public Right-of-Way (P-ROW) zone.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Open the public hearing, administer oath, take testimony from staff, the applicant and other interested parties, and deliberate;
2. Close the public hearing; and
3. Adopt the attached resolution by title only, waiving further reading:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH ADOPTING AN EXEMPTION DECLARATION AND APPROVING THE REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY ON AN EXISTING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON TRANSMISSION TOWER ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2504 MANHATTAN BEACH BOULEVARD IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY (P-ROW) ZONE (CASE NO. CUP-2024-05).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit to allow the installation and operation of a wireless telecommunication facility on an existing Southern California Edison (SCE) Transmission Tower located in an SCE easement between Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Beland Boulevard. Per RBMC ?10-2.1110 and ?10-2.1614, new public utility facilities require approval of a Conditional Use Permit.
The proposed unmanned wireless telecommunications facility includes nine antennas arranged into three sectors, with six radio receiving units (RRU's), two per sector, to be mounted at a maximum height of 65 feet on an existing SCE Transmission Tower (painted to match the Tower), with associate equipment located within an 11'-6" tall, 215 square-foot CMU wall equipment enclosure with terracotta tile roof located within the footprint base of the Tower. The equipment structu...
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