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DISCUSSION The proposed code amendments modify the locational, design, and processing standards related to "personal wireless service facilities", also commonly known as, cellular antennas and equipment. Staff also proposes to amend the Zoning Code to remove the locational restrictions currently imposed on other uses seeking to locate within 300 feet of an existing facility, e.g., nursing homes, assisted living facilities, private schools, and childcare centers. A redlined version of the wireless code showing each proposed amendment is attached as Exhibit A and a redlined version of the proposed Zoning Code amendments is attached as Exhibit D. Below, this staff report highlights the key changes to the wireless ordinance. 1. Legal Non Conforming Facilities Prior to drafting proposed code amendments, staff inventoried and reviewed each existing location with a personal wireless service facility. Currently, there are 29 (existing and approved) locations in Pleasanton where one or more carriers have a facility. (See Exhibit C which provides an overview of each existing facility as well as a photograph of the facility.) Under the current ordinance, six existing sites have facilities that are considered legal nonconforming, i.e., when the facility was approved it was legal but it became nonconforming when the ordinance was amended in 1998. The proposed amendments will make two of those six sites legal/conforming. The two sites that will become conforming are sites 4 (4683 Chabot Drive) and site 22 (5720 Stoneridge Mall Rd.). Although site 4 is totally concealed (on the roof of a building), the current ordinance deems it nonconforming because it is within 300 feet of a childcare center. Under the proposed ordinance, that site will become conforming. Similarly, although site 22 is completely concealed on the roof of a building, it was considered nonconforming because it was within 300 feet of an open space area. Under the proposed ordinance, that site will become conforming. Under the proposed ordinance, four sites will remain legal nonconforming. Two sites will be nonconforming because they do not meet the 300' buffer zones that are proposed. The first site (#2 in Exhibit C) is located at 3333 Busch Road where a monopole sits in the City's corporation yard. Housing was constructed by Ponderosa homes approximately a year ago that is less than 300' from this wireless facility. That new housing makes the site at 3333 Busch Road nonconforming. The second site (#10 in Exhibit C) is located at 519 Kottinger Drive where a slim-line pole is mounted to a city water tank. That facility will not be conforming under the proposed ordinance because it is located less than 300 feet from the nearest residence. The third and fourth sites that will remain nonconforming will do so for aesthetic reasons. Site #13 (Exhibit C) at 3830 Old Santa Rita Road and Site #26 (Exhibit C) at 4440 Willow Road will remain legal nonconforming because they utilize antenna towers and are neither concealed nor camouflaged. Page 5 of 10