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

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RRenegadeUSE.cm.4.14.23 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION RENEGADE TOWERS,LLC USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-USE-2022-000006) Upon review of the request against the guidelines for approving a Use Permit, the Planning Director recommends that a Use Permit to allow the construction of a non-manned telecommunication facility consisting of an 85-foot-tall stealth `monopine' tower with related equipment and improvements within a 2,712 square foot portion of a 14.89-acre property, be approved by the Planning Commission. The Planning Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position based upon additional information presented at the public hearing. This approval is based on the following findings: The applicant is requesting a Use Permit to construct a new, non-manned telecommunication facility, consisting of an 85-foot-tall stealth `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 leased 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. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Section 704, as amended, recognizes the absence of health hazards from wireless radio wave transmissions and prohibits local -1-