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Commissioner Blank inquired if the application would remain as it should the Commission uphold the appeal but would like to respect the 300-foot limitation. Ms. Harryman replied that if the Commission agrees with the appellant’s position that there is no inconsistency in this zoning, the applicant would have the ability to locate the tower exactly where it is; however, it does not preclude the Commission from requiring the applicant to push the tower back or do something else. Commissioner Blank inquired if the applicant could say that the Commission upheld the appeal, and, therefore, they have the right to put the antenna up where it originally was on the project. Ms. Harryman replied that the applicant would probably argue this. Mr. Dolan stated that what would change is the reason the Commission wants it 300 feet back, whether because it is a measureable zoning standard or due to the antenna’s visual impacts. Commissioner O’Connor stated that after hearing the explanation, he would like to know if the inconsistency with zoning regulations is because the tower is less than 300 feet from the edge of the property or because it is less than 300 feet from where the actual pole will go. He inquired if the 260 foot measurement was to the pole or to the edge of the property. Ms. Harryman explained that the zoning code states that a personal wireless service facility must be located a minimum of 300 feet away from the property lines of residentially zoned property. She added that the facility is the area specifically where any of the wireless facility equipment will be located, that it is not the property line of the City’s property but the corner of the facility that must be 300 feet away from the trail, which is residentially zoned with a General Plan designation of Public and Institution. Commissioner O’Connor inquired then what the 260-foot measurement is, as the arrow goes to the edge of the property and not really where the pole was going to be. Ms. Soo replied that she took measurements from the closest equipment to the corner of the trail as well as to the corner of the closest residential property. Commissioner Blank referred to the equipment room in the center of the Sports Park and inquired, hypothetically, if someone wanted to put a wireless facility there, if the 300 feet would be measured from the edge of the Sports Park or from the edge of the building containing the equipment in the Sports Park. Ms. Harryman replied that wireless facilities cannot be located in parks at all. She explained that if the area was a three-acre site and a wireless facility was put in the middle of the site, the 300 feet would be measured not be from the property line, but from the edge of the equipment of the facility. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, January 26, 2011 Page 7 of 50