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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the appeal filed by Mary Goolsby and Martha Goolsby Kay of the Montecito Planning Commission's May 23, 2012 approval of the Verizon Wireless facility at the Montecito Switch Station, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 12APL-00000-00011, thereby upholding the Montecito Planning Commission's approval of the project;
b) Make the required findings for the revised project (i.e. antennas on a new faux tree support structure), including CEQA findings;
c) Determine the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15303 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act;
d) Waive the 6-day posting requirement contained in the County's CEQA Guidelines, for good cause, which if not waived requires the posting of the Notice of Exemption at Planning and Development 6 days prior to consideration of the project by the decision maker; and
e) Approve de novo the Conditional Use Permit for the proposed telecommunications facility with the faux tree alternative, 12CUP-00000-00007, subject to the conditions.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY