RPVCCA_CC_SR_2014_06_17_01_28041_Hawthorne_BlCITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
JOEL ROJAS, co~ DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
JUNE 17, 2014
APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REVISION TO ALLOW A NEW
ROOF-MOUNTED ANTENNA STRUCTURE ON THE
COMMERCIAL 7-11 BUILDING AT 28041 HAWTHORNE BLVD
(CASE NO. ZON2013-00111 ).
REVIEWED: CAROLYNN PETRU, ACTING CITY MANAGE~
Project Manager: So Kim, Associate Planner l6fv
RECOMMENDATION
At the applicant's request, continue the public hearing to an unspecified date, to provide
the applicant additional time to investigate the feasibility of an alternative antenna roof
location and prepare revised plans and construct the silhouette of said alternate location.
BACKGROUND
On February 25, 2014, the Planning Commission adopted P.C. Resolution No. 2014-10 (5-
1 vote, with Commissioner Tomblin dissenting and Chairman Emenhiser recused),
conditionally approving a Conditional Use Permit Revision, allowing Sprint PCS to replace
6 existing roof mounted antennas with 3 new antennas within a new decorative
encasement at the east end of the roof of an existing commercial building located at 28041
Hawthorne Blvd (7-11 building).
On March 11, 2014, prior to the expiration of the appeal period, the Acting City Manager
was notified in writing by Councilman Campbell requesting that an item be placed on the
March 1 sth City Council agenda to consider whether the Planning Commission's February
25th decision should be appealed by the City Council. On April 1, 2014, the City Council
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agreed on a 5-0 vote, to appeal the Planning Commission's decision.
On April 10, 2014, a public notice was published in the Peninsula News, emailed to
interested parties and mailed to all persons owning property within the 500' radius of the
subject site, alerting them that the City Council would conduct said appeal hearing on May
20, 2014.
On May 20, 2014, the City Council continued the public hearing to June 17th, based on the
applicant's request for additional time to look into the feasibility of relocating the proposed
replacement antennas and enclosure to an alternate roof location.
DISCUSSION
On May 2,7, 2014, the applicant emailed (attached) Staff requesting thatthe public hearing
be continued to an indefinite date so that they have sufficient time to prepare revised plans
and construct a silhouette of an alternate roof location for their proposed replacement
antennas. As such, at the applicant's request, Staff is recommending that the City Council
continue the public hearing to an unspecified date. By doing so, a new public hearing
notice will be issued after the applicant submits revised plans and constructs a revised
silhouette.
All previous Planning Commission and City Council Minutes, Staff Reports, and related
public correspondence will be included as attachments to the future Staff Report, with
exception to the two emails directly related to the proposed continuance request. Details of
these emails are discussed in the 'Additional Information' section below and are also
included as an attachment to this report.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Staff received the following two emails directly related to the proposed continuance
request:
1) Mr. and Mrs. Kerkhof -They indicated that they have no problem with Sprint's
request for additional time.
2) Mr. Freeman -He is requesting that the existing temporary silhouette be removed
immediately, given the uncertainty of when this item will be brought back to the City
Council. In speaking with the applicant, while they are investigating an alternate
roof location, they have not completely abandoned the idea of pursuing the antenna
enclosure in its current location. Therefore, Staff believes that it would be
unreasonable to require Sprint to remove the temporary silhouette at this time.
ATTACHMENT
Email from applicant dated May 27, 2014
Emails from Mr./Mrs. Kerkhof and Mr. Freeman
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Re: 28041 Hawthorne
Kim Nguyen <knguyen@core.us.com>
Tue 5/27 /2014 9:27 PM
To:So Kim <SoK@rpv.com>; Kristin Cordray <kcordray@core.us.com>;
cc:Joel Rojas <JoelR@rpv.com>; Greg Pfost <GregP@rpv.com>;
So, Sprint is requesting for the project hearing date to be pushed out to an indefinite date because there was an understanding that the
silhouette would not be required and the revised plans would be accepted after the hearing. Since the city is now requesting these items
before the hearing, Sprint will need additional time to get these items submitted.
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:18 AM, So Kim <SoK@lrpv.com> wrote:
Hi Kim,
Just a quick recap of Tuesday's meeting, the (l_Ublic raised the following:
• Opposition to the current location of the antenna enclosure, based on view obstruction
• Look into shorter antennas instead of the proposed 4'
• Expansion of the Verizon parapet instead, while not increasing the height
• Mock-up to be installed for the next design
• RF emissions
• Too many antennas altogether
• Both Sprint & Staff meet with residents prior to the next hearing
I know that the purpose of your request for continuance is to look into the feasibility of moving the
antennas/enclosure away from Mr. Kerkhof's property. Because of the sensitivity of the project and the
public's interest, a mock-up will be required prior to the next public hearing. Since the public hearing was
continued to June 17th, both the revised plans and mock-up will need to be ready by no later than June 5th. If
you are unable to meet the June 5th deadline, you will need to request for additional time in writing by the
same date.
· Please let me know if you have any questions.'
https://owa.rpv.com/owa/ 6/5/2014
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Re: 28041 Hawthorne -So Kim
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
(310) 544-5228
Kim Nguyen
Zoning Manager
CORE Development Services
2749 Saturn Street
Brea, CA 92821
www.core.us.com
https://owa.rpv.com/owa/
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So Kim
From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Follow Up Flag:
Flag Status:
Hello Ms. Kim,
Maggie Kerkhof < maggiekerkhof@gmail.com >
Friday, June 06, 2014 10:18 AM
So Kim
Re: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Follow up
Flagged
I thought that date was too soon to pick a spot, look into it's feasibility, and erect the mock up. I have no
problem with them taking whatever time they need.
Rudy & Maggie Kerkhof
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 1:29 PM, So Kim <SoK@rpv.com> wrote:
Good Afternoon,
The applicant requested additional time to look into the feasibility of alternate locations. As such, Staff will
be recommending that the City Council continue the public hearing to a date uncertain on June 17th.
What this means is that a new public notice of a future hearing will be issued after Sprint submits revised
plans and constructs a temporary silhouette. As such, Staff does not anticipate any discussion related to the
merits of the project other than simply the continuance request at the June 17th public hearing.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
(310) 544-5228 I sok@rpv.com
From: So Kim
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:21 AM
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To: Eddie Yeh; 'Connie Semas'; 'John Freeman'; bjhilde@aol.com; 'Joan Davidson'; jcinpv@cox.net; Maggie Kerkhof
Cc: Joel Rojas; Greg Pfost
Subject: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Good Morning,
As you are aware the City Council granted Sprint's request for additional time to look into the feasibility of alternate
locations and continued the public hearing to June 17th. Prior to June 17th, revised plans and a new mock-up will be
required. I will contact you again when the revised plans are submitted and after construction of the silhouette.
If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
(310) 544-5228
' From: So Kim
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:10 AM
To: Eddie Yeh; 'Connie Semas'; 'John Freeman'; bjhilde@aol.com; 'Joan Davidson'; jcinpv@cox.net; Maggie Kerkhof
Subject: RE: Public Notice for 28041 Hawthorne Blvd. -5/20 City Council Mtg.
Morning,
Attached is the May 20th Staff Report.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
(310) 544-5228
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So Kim
From: So Kim
Sent:
To:
Monday, June 09, 2014 2:53 PM
'John Freeman'
Cc: Joel Rojas; Greg Pfost; CC
Subject: RE: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Hi Mr. Freeman,
In speaking with Sprint, they haven't abandoned the idea of pursuing the antenna enclosure location as proposed. As
such, they can keep the current silhouette in place while they look into the feasibility of relocating it elsewhere on the
roof.
Also, per practice, if an application is inactive for approximately 6 months, the application can be administratively
withdrawn. If this happens, the applicant will be required to remove the temporary silhouette within a set time frame.
hope this helps.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
(310) 544-5228
From: John Freeman [mailto:jrfree@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:20 PM
To: So Kim
Cc: Joel Rojas; Greg Pfost; CC
Subject: RE: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
So Kim:
Since the matter will likely be continued to a future date uncertain, that means Sprint could take1
month, 3 months or even 6 months to submit revised plans. Meanwhile, do we really need to see that
existing silhouette mockup for the next 6 months? Everyone knows what it looks like now. It's
already been up there for 4 months (see attached picture from February) and we don't need to
"evaluate" it anymore!
What's Sprint's incentive to resubmit their application in a timely manner? Please direct Sprint to
remove the silhouette asap.
John Freeman
From: So Kim [mailto:SoK@rpv.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:02 PM
To: John Freeman
Cc: Joel Rojas; Greg Pfost
Subject: RE: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Hi Mr. Freeman,
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As they are looking into the 'feasibility' of alternate locations, there is no guarantee that they will change the
location. As such, the silhouette will stay in place until they decide to move it elsewhere.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
(310) 544-5228
From: John Freeman [mailto:jrfree@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:00 PM
To: So Kim
Subject: RE: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Ms. Kim,
Thank you. When will the current silhouette be removed from the 7-11 roof, since it is no longer
applicable?
John Freeman
From: So Kim [mailto:SoK@rpv.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:51 PM
To: John Freeman
Cc: Joel Rojas; Greg Pfost
Subject: RE: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Hi Mr. Freeman,
They are still looking into the feasibility of looking into another location on the same roof. They will need to
submit revised plans construct the silhouette prior to the next meeting. As they will not meet this date, they
are requesting more time.
Please feel free to contact me with additional questions.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
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sok@rpv.com
From: John Freeman <jrfree@cox.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2014 1:40 PM
To: So Kim
Subject: RE: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
So Kim:
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When you say "alternate locations" do you mean that the applicant is looking into the feasibility of
alternate locations on the 7-11 roof, or do you mean the applicant is looking into alternate locations at
some other property location (not at 7-11)?
John Freeman
From: So Kim [mailto:SoK@rpv.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:30 PM
To: Eddie Yeh; 'Connie Semas'; 'John Freeman'; bjhilde@aol.com; 'Joan Davidson'; jcinpv@cox.net; Maggie Kerkhof
Cc: Joel Rojas; Greg Pfost
Subject: RE: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Good Afternoon,
The applicant requested additional time to look into the feasibility of alternate locations. As such, Staff will be
recommending that the City Council continue the public hearing to a date uncertain on June 17th.
What this means is that a new public notice of a future hearing will be issued after Sprint submits revised
plans and constructs a temporary silhouette. As such, Staff does not anticipate any discussion related to the
merits of the project other than simply the continuance request at the June 17th public hearing.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
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From: So Kim
Verdes
sok@rpv.com
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:21 AM
To: Eddie Yeh; 'Connie Semas'; 'John Freeman'; bjhilde@aol.com; 'Joan Davidson'; jcinpv@cox.net; Maggie Kerkhof
Cc: Joel Rojas; Greg Pfost
Subject: Follow-up to the 5/20 CC Meeting
Good Morning,
As you are aware the City Council granted Sprint's request for additional time to look into the feasibility of alternate
locations and continued the public hearing to June 17th. Prior to June 17th, revised plans and a new mock-up will be
required. I will contact you again when the revised plans are submitted and after construction of the silhouette.
If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
www .palosverdes.com/rpv
(310)544-5228~
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From: So Kim
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:10 AM
To: Eddie Yeh; 'Connie Semos'; 'John Freeman'; bjhilde@aol.com; 'Joan Davidson'; jcinpv@cox.net; Maggie Kerkhof
Subject: RE: Public Notice for 28041 Hawthorne Blvd. -5/20 City Council Mtg.
Morning,
Attached is the May 20th Staff Report.
Sincerely,
So Kim
Associate Planner
(310)544-5228~
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