Modification and variance for an existing T-Mobile Telecommunications Facility, County File #CDLP23-02030
Summary
SCH Number
2026010848
Public Agency
Contra Costa County
Document Title
Modification and variance for an existing T-Mobile Telecommunications Facility, County File #CDLP23-02030
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/27/2026
Document Description
The applicant requests approval of a Land Use Permit modification of file #CDLP25-02008 to allow an expansion of the lease area and a Variance to allow an approximately 9-foot side yard (where 50 feet is the minimum) for a new approximately 74-square-foot lease area and new ground-level equipment for an existing T-Mobile telecommunications facility (County code section 88-24.406(d) Setback Requirements for wireless facilities). The existing facility consists of antennas, RRUs, cables,and other equipment installed on a PG&E lattice tower and a concrete pad in a 190-square-foot lease areabeneath the tower. Proposed modifications include a new 25kVA transformer on a new concrete pad, 8 permanentbollards and 2 removable bollards up to 4 feet in height, approximately 34 feet of new conduit (underground)within a new 3-foot utility easement from the transformer to the existing facility, approximately 430 feet of 1/4”conduit (underground) within an existing 10-foot utility easement to the new transformer, relocating an existing100-amp meter/main and panel pedestal, installing a new 200-amp meter/main disconnect per serving utility, anew 200-amp power protection cabinet (PPC), new feed conductors from new meter to new PPC through existingconduit, and a new H-frame, and reconnecting existing loads from removed AC panel onto new PPC panel.
Contact Information
Name
Syd Sotoodeh
Agency Name
Contra Costa County, Department of Conservation and Development
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Melissa Franco
Agency Name
Centerline Communications
Job Title
Consultant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Pittsburg
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
4723 Suzanne Drive and Hillview Drive at Kirker Pass Road
Zip
94565
Total Acres
471
Parcel #
089-050-056
State Highways
Highway 4
Railways
none
Airports
none
Schools
Foothill Elem., Highlands Elem., Hillview Jr. High, Black Diamon
Waterways
none
Other Location Info
Project site is located in the western portion of the property approximately 1200 feet east of Kirker Pass Road, 3/4 mile west of Suzanne Drive, and 1/2 mile south of Buchanan Road
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Class 1 Section 15301(b) and Class 3 Section 15303(d)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301(b), regarding “Existing Facilities,” which exempts the operation, repair, maintenance, and minor alteration of existing facilities of investor-owned utilities, and Section 15303(d) regarding “New Construction of Small Structures” which exempts utility extensions of reasonable length to serve such utility services as telecommunications facilities. The project consists of expanding the lease area of an existing wireless telecommunications facility by approximately 74 square feet, with minor equipment modifications at ground level within the new and the existing lease areas. None of the exceptions in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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