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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Butte County has prepared
an Initial Study and is considering the adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project
listed below at a public hearing before the Butte County Planning Commission to be held on July
23, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in the Butte County Board of Supervisors’ Room, County Administration
Center, 25 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA
Project: Verizon Wireless/Oro-Bangor Wireless Telecommunication Facility (UP15-0003)
Location: The project site is located at 2660 Louis Avenue, at the intersection of Louis Avenue
and Palermo Honcut Highway, in the community of Palermo. Township 18N, Range 4E, Section
9; MDB&M.
APN: 026-230-049
Proposal: The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to construct an unmanned
wireless telecommunication facility. The facility includes a 100-foot tall steel monopole with a
non-reflective exterior finish that will support up to twelve (12) panel antennas mounted at the 97-
ft. elevation, and the co-location of future carriers. The facility also includes a prefabricated
equipment shelter, a 30 kW standby diesel generator, overhead power utility lines, and associated
equipment. The facility will be situated within a 40-ft. x 60-ft. (2,400 sq. ft.) lease area surrounded
with a 6-ft tall chain link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire and rust/red colored vinyl slats. The
Butte County General Plan designation and zoning is VLDR (Very Low Density Residential).
The Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and reference documents for these
projects are on file for public review and comment starting June 23, 2015 through July 22, 2015,
at the Butte County Planning Division, 7 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA. The IS/MND is also
available for review on the County website at http://www.buttecounty.net/dds/Planning/CEQA.aspx.
All persons are invited to review the documents. Comments may be submitted at the above address
to the Planning Division in writing at any time prior to the hearing or orally at the meeting listed
above, or as may be continued to a later date. If you challenge the above application in court, you
may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in
written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission, or prior to the public hearing.
The above mentioned application is on file and available for public viewing at the office of the, 7
County Center Drive, Oroville, CA. For information call or send an email to Rowland Hickel,
Senior Planner, Butte County Development Services Department, Planning Division at (530) 538-
7150 or rhickel@buttecounty.net.
BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
TIM SNELLINGS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Louis Avenue
Oroville
Palermo
Palermo Rd
Palermo Honcut Hwy
Lincoln Blvd
Upper Palermo Rd
Craig Ave
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