PD Background Report (PL-USE-2022-000006)

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BRenegadeUSE.cm.4.1123 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT RENEGADE TOWERS, LLC USE PERNHT APPLICATION (PL-USE-2022-000006) RENEGADE TOWERS, LLC is requesting a Use Permit to allow the establishment of a telecommunication facility with an 85-foot-tall `monopine' tower and related equipment and improvements within a 2,712 square foot portion of a larger 14.89-acre parcel. The subject property is located at 73-4189 Hawaii Belt Road, on the southeast corner of its intersection with Donahue Road, Makaula-Kalaoa 4th, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-3-002:010 (por.). APPLICANT'S REQUEST 1. Proposed Use: The applicant is requesting a Use Permit to construct a new, non -manned telecommunication facility, consisting of an 85-foot-tall `monopine' tower (adorned to resemble a pine tree), an antenna array consisting of 2 tri-sectors with 12 antennas per tri- sector for a total of 24 antennas, 4 surge suppressors mounted on sector stand-off arms, 5 equipment cabinets, 2 emergency generators, 2 GPS antenna, 1 fiber distribution box, 2 automatic transfer switches, and 2 power protection cabinets (PPC) cabinets. All ground equipment and monopine tower will be mounted on a raised concrete pad. No exterior lighting is proposed on the tower and only security lighting, meeting with the County's lighting ordinance, will be mounted somewhere near the ground equipment. The 2,112- square foot (36' x 58'-8") equipment lease area will be enclosed with a 6-foot-high chain - link fence with woven green privacy slats. The lease area will be accessed via a 50-foot long by 12-foot wide (600 square foot) compacted gravel ingress/egress road from Donahue Road. The proposed facility will be unmanned, however, maintenance and repair activities will be performed by a technician on a periodic basis, typically once a month within normal working hours. 2. Reason for the Request: According to the applicant, the objective of the new facility is to improve the existing cell phone coverage by filling spotty coverage in nearby residential neighborhoods including but not limited to Kona Palisades, Kona Highlands, Kona Coast View, Kaiulani Estates, as well as providing coverage on Hawai'i Belt Road. The tower will be designed to meet the 2018 International Building Code and will have a 1