Lake Forest Verizon Tower
Summary
SCH Number
2025090228
Lead Agency
Lake County
Document Title
Lake Forest Verizon Tower
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
(RL-SC) Rural Lands - Scenic Combining District/ (RL) Rural Lands
Document Description
Major Use Permit (PL-25-60/ UP 24-03) to construct a new 150’ tall lattice cell tower, including three (3) sectors of three (3) antennas each, totaling nine (9) panel antennas along with nine [9] remote radio units (RRU) mounted below/adjacent to the antennas. The proposed facility will be designed as a one hundred fifty-foot (150’) lattice tower with antennas at a tip height of one-hundred and twenty-four feet (124’). Associated equipment cabinets will be placed at the base of the tower within a new eight-foot chain-link fence enclosure occupying 900 square feet (referred to as the lease area). All equipment will be screened from public view.
There is an existing, previously approved lattice cell tower, owned by a different provider, located on the same parcel. However, the existing tower is unsuitable for co-location as its position at a lower elevation on the hillside creates a line-of-sight obstruction. The purpose of the new tower is to bridge the gap in a “dead zone” from Lake County to Williams or the I-5 corridor. The parcel also contains a large lattice PG&E tower, to support high-voltage transmission lines.
Contact Information
Name
Trish Turner
Agency Name
Lake County Community Development Department, Planning Division
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated Clearlake Oaks
Counties
Lake
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Almond Lane
Zip
95423
Total Acres
35.95
Jobs
1
Parcel #
010-020-29
State Highways
CA State Hwy 20 and 53
Railways
none
Airports
none
Schools
none
Waterways
Sweet Hallow Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Development Types
Other (Cellular Communication Tower)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Tribal Cultural Resources, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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