Amendment to Variance V 7-25/26-01 for a telecommunications facility
Summary
SCH Number
2026090956
Public Agency
Plumas County
Document Title
Amendment to Variance V 7-25/26-01 for a telecommunications facility
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/22/2026
Document Description
Variance to allow a reduction in the required setbacks from eighty-nine (89) feet to no less than twenty (20) feet from the front property line (western boundary) and no less than fifteen (15) feet from the remaining property lines (northern, eastern, and southern boundaries) to construct a sixty-four (64) foot monopole as part of a new telecommunications facility that is within an existing telecommunications facility. A Special Use Permit (U 9-25/26-04) was also required to allow the telecommunications facility use encompassing the sixty-four (64) foot monopole in which a separate NOE was filed.
Contact Information
Name
Tracey Ferguson
Agency Name
Plumas County Planning Department
Job Title
Planning Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Scott Dunaway
Agency Name
Frontier Communications
Job Title
Project Coordinator
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Chester
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Lake Almanor W Dr., and Slim Dr.
Zip
96020
Total Acres
0.13
Parcel #
108-053-009-000
State Highways
Highway 36 E, and Highway 89
Waterways
Lake Almanor
Township
28N
Range
7E
Section
32
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
148 Lake Almanor West Dr. Chester
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15305 (Class 5)
Reasons for Exemption
This project has been determined to be exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines Section 15305 (Class 5) as it consists of a setback variance from eighty-nine (89) feet to twenty (20) feet from the front property line (western boundary) and no less than fifteen (15) feet from the remaining property lines (northern, eastern and southern boundaries) for the construction of a sixty-four (64) foot monopole (including 4-foot lightning rod), which is a minor alteration in land use in an area with a slope of less than 20% and which does not result in the creation of any new parcel.
County Clerk
Plumas
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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