2018-11-07 Hearing Transcript - Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless USE 18-076

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JACKSON: All right, the next item on the agenda is a request from Cellco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless, and they are requesting a Use Permit. The subject property is located in the Puna District. It's shown in the Hawaiian Acres Subdivision by the red dot in the middle of the slide. So, you have the Volcano Highway running in a northeast -southwest direction on the left side of the slide, and the Hawaiian Acres Subdivision is this large area here. So, the property is a little more than halfway down on the south side of the subdivision close to the Ainaloa Subdivision and Hawaiian Acres. The Applicant is requesting to construct a new telecommunication facility consisting of a 198 - foot tall self-supporting tower with twelve panel antennas and related facilities within a 1,600 - square foot portion of a 3 -acre parcel. The proposed tower height of 198 feet does not allow the use of a tree pole or other stealth design because the faux branches on a tower this height are too heavy and would not meet the County's wind load standard of 105 miles per hour. However, the tower and antennas will be painted to blend in with the surrounding landscape. The proposed project serves to expand coverage within the Hawaiian Acres Subdivision which currently has little wireless coverage. This is the Applicant's site plan; so, the plan on the bottom is a view of the entire property. On the right side of the image is Moho Road or Road 8 and then the driveway comes off of Road 8. The majority of the front property is undeveloped currently. There are some rock walls in this area here on the front and a few in the middle, and then the cell tower will be located in the very back northwest corner of the property in this location here. This is a close-up view of the 1,600 -square foot lease area, and you can see the ground equipment cabinets and the cell tower structure here which will be surrounded by a 6 -foot high fence. This is an elevation view of the tower. You can see the ground equipment in this location with the fence around; antennas at the top here. So, it's—it's not your typical monopole structure. It's a, I believe it's a steel, lattice structure. This is an aerial view of the property. You have Moho Road on the right side of the slide. The driveway comes off in this location and then the cell tower would be located in the back northwest corner of the property. You can see the closest dwelling is about 375 feet to the north of the proposed cell tower site. And, this is a zoning map which shows that the entire Hawaiian Acres Subdivision lots are zoned Agricultural – 3 acres, and the General Plan Designation for the property is Extensive Agriculture which is shown in the white. This is a view of the property entrance from Moho Road. And as I mentioned before, there are quite a few rock walls on the property. There is a gate here, and there is a gate a little bit further back. This is a view of the lease area in the background so it would be generally in this location here. EXHIBIT B 2