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DATE: NOVEMBER 8, 2012

TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

THRU: RICH DLUGAS, CITY MANAGER tilDPATRICK MCDERMOTT, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER~RJ. ZEDER, TRANSPORTAnON & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR~~JEFF KURTZ, PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR W I LUKEVIN MAYO, PLANNING MANAGER 11=1 G

FROM: JESSICA SARKISSIAN, CITY PLANNER9fSUBJECT: ZUP12-0028 PRESIDIO WIRELESS FACILITY

Request:

Location:

Applicant:

Zoning:

Use Permit approval to install a 65' -high (62' top of antennas)monopalm wireless communication facility

Southwest of the Southwest corner of Pecos and Dobson Roadswithin the Presidio office complex

Clear Blue Services (for AT&T Mobility)

Planned Area Development (PAD) for medical/office

RECOMMENDATIONPlanning Commission and Staff, finding consistency with the General Plan, recommend approvalsubject to conditions.

BACKGROUNDThe application requests Use Permit approval to install a new 65' tall monopalm (62' top ofantennas) wireless communications facility to be located within a 24' x 30' lease area within thePresidio Office Complex on Dobson Road just south of Pecos Road. The Zoning Code requiresa Use Permit for wireless communication facilities in non-industrial zoning districts that do notutilize existing poles or towers. This request is for a new facility within an existing Planned AreaDevelopment. The approximately 4.6-acre office complex site is bordered to the north, south,and west by commercial and office Planned Area Developments. To the east across DobsonRoad is the Silverton Ranch residential subdivision. The nearest residentially zoned property isover 660' to the west, 715' to the east, 760' to the south and 940' to the north. The officecomplex contains four (4) buildings and a large permanent parking lot with covered anduncovered spaces spread throughout the complex.

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The monopalm is proposed to be located on the southwest comer of the complex within theparking lot. A monopalm is a cell tower disguised as a palm tree. The monopalm will besetback approximately 565' from Dobson Road ROW. One parking space will be removed toaccommodate the new facility. Parking for the facility will be located within the existing parkinglot for the complex. The complex has many palm trees on the site at the main building entrancesand entrances into the complex. Elevations of the proposed monopalm are among the memoattachments.

Within the immediate area there are no suitable alternatives for co-location on existing poles ortowers. According to the information provided by the applicant and AT&T as required by theZoning Code, there are only three (3) verticalities of a height similar to or greater than theproposed monopalm within one (1) mile. They are the T-Mobile monopalm directly to the south,the Verizon Wireless tower a mile south on Germann Road and the monopalm over a mile southalso along Germann. The applicant has analyzed these co-location possibilities and found themimplausible because one is located outside the needed coverage area to fill in their service gapsand the two monopalms to the south do not offer the ability to collocate on their existing design.An inventory of these verticalities provided by the applicant is among the attachments.

DISCUSSIONPlanning Commission and Staff find the proposed location to be appropriate for a wirelessfacility in the form of a 65'-high monopalm (62' to top of antennas). The location is within anexisting medical! office complex and over 660' from residential properties and is compatiblewith surrounding land uses. The existing surrounding complex and church to the south all haveseveral existing date palm trees which further blend the monopalm into the surroundings of theimmediate area and precludes the need for additional live trees adjacent to the monopalm. Also,since the date palm trees are used to highlight major complex entrance features and buildingentrances, it would not be appropriate to create a grove effect behind the buildings in the comer.

Planning Commission and Staff recommend that the monopalm fronds be required to extendbeyond the antennas and additional opaque screening be added to the wrought iron fencingsurrounding the ground equipment to ensure adequate camouflage. The applicant has broughtthe antenna arrays as close to the pole as possible and any needed extension of frond length is notanticipated to present an unnatural appearance.

PUBLIC! NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION This request was noticed according to the provisions of the City of Chandler Zoning

Code. A neighborhood meeting was held on October 15, 2012. No citizens were in attendance.

One citizen contacted Staff about this project and was not opposed. At the time of this memo, Staff is not aware of any opposition to this request.

PLANNING COMMISSION VOTE REPORTMotion to approve:In Favor: 7 Opposed: 0

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RECOMMENDED ACTIONPlanning Commission and Staff, upon finding consistency with the General Plan, recommendapproval of ZUP12-0028 PRESIDIO WIRELESS FACILITY subject to the followingconditions:

1. Development shall be in substantial conformance with the approved exhibits except asmodified by conditions herein. Expansion or modification of the use beyond theapproved exhibits shall require a new Use Permit application and approval.

2. The monopalm shall provide long enough palm fronds so as to extend beyond theantennas to provide adequate camouflage.

3. Further screening shall be required along with the wrought iron fencing to visuallyconceal the equipment inside.

PROPOSED MOTIONMove to recommend approval of ZUP12-0028 PRESIDIO WIRELESS FACILITY subject to theconditions recommended by Planning Commission and Staff.

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PROJECT SCOPE APPROVALSAT&T PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY. FACILITY WILL CONSiST OF AN .. ~ AT&T (RF), DATE:EOUIPMENT COMPOUND CONSTRUCTED OF MASONRY WI A METAL ACCESS GATE. NEW COMPOUND WILLCONSIST OF AN EQUIPMENT SHELTER FOR NEW EQUIPMENT AND A NEW WAVE GUIDE BRIDGE FOR (N)FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO 65' MONOPALM. (N) MQNOPALM WILL CONTAIN (3) SECTOR FRAMES W! (3) ...-..:; AT&T (CONST.), DATE:ANTENNAS PER SECTOR FOR A TOTAL OF (9) ANTENNAS. EACH ANTENNA WILL HAVE (1) RRH FOR A TOTALOF (9) MOUNTED BEHIND ANTENNAS. SECTOR FRAME SUPPORT WILL ALSO CONTAIN (2) DC~6 RAYCAPS.

if a AT&T (S.A.), DATE:PROJECT INFORMATION LANDLORD: DATE:SrTE ADDRESS: 1120 S DOBSON RD

~~CHANDLER, Al. 85286 LANDLORD: DATE:DECIMAL LATITUDE: 33.28924.2 NDECIMAL LONGITUDE: -111.878325 W A&E (S.A.), DATE:LATITUDE: 33' 17' 21.27" NLONGITUDE: ~111' 52' 41.97" WAPN: 303-25-753A SITE NUMBER: W550-CCZONING: PADJURISDICTION: CITY OF CHANDLERPROPOSED USE: UNMANNED TELECOMUNICSTIONS FACILITYOCCUPANCY: U CANDIDATE NAME: PRESIDIO

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HEAO SOUTH ON N TATUM BLVD TOWARD E ROSE GARDEN LN, TURN LEFT, TlJRN RIGHT ONTO LOOP 101, MERGE ONTO AZ-101 LOOP E,SUBCONTRACTOR'S WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE NATIONAL, STATE,

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25736-625-FC6-W550-CC-07 ANTENNA LAYOUT & DETAILS 1DESIGN.

BUILDING CODE:INTERNATlONAL BUILDING CODE 2006

DESIGN PACKAGE BASED ON RF DATA SHEET DATED 07~31~12 (V1-B-0)ELECTRICAL CODE:

NOTES [NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTlON ASSOCIATION (NFPA) 70 - 2005, NATIONALELECTRICAL CODE,LIGHTNING PROTECTION CODE:[NFPA 780 - 2000, LIGHTNING PROTECTION CODE]

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