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• NotableSanta Cruz Planning CommissionThu, Oct 15, 7:00 PM· Planning & development· Consent agenda
  Permit sought to raise cell tower height at 2000 Soquel Avenue

  A wireless company's representative wants to add six new antennas to the top of an existing cell phone monopole at 2000 Soquel Avenue, a lot that also holds a furniture store and a 26-space parking lot. The additions would raise the pole from about 37 feet to 50 feet 2 inches, taller than the 40-foot limit for the Community Commercial zone, and would add a 6-foot by 10-foot concrete pad, two equipment cabinets, cables, and a new 10-foot by 15-foot lease area, removing one parking space. A yes vote would grant the three permits needed (Special Use, Design, and Slope Development) with the conditions in Exhibit A, and accept the finding that the work is exempt from further environmental review.