CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Planning Commission this week is set to consider a cell phone tower project held over from its meeting two weeks ago.

The commission will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

Complete Wireless Consulting, on behalf of Verizon Wireless, is seeking a use permit and variance for a 70-foot monopine tower, which is proposed to be located on a leased 40-foot by 40-foot area on a vacant parcel at 14549 Burns Valley Road, owned by Anthony and Maxine Lamperti of Santa Rosa.

Staff is recommending the commission adopt the mitigated negative declaration, the use permit and the variance based on a number of listed conditions.

City Attorney Ryan Jones had advised the commission at its July 7 meeting that it should postpone the hearing because the mitigated negative declaration based on the project's initial study had only been completed earlier that day, not giving either the commission or the public enough time to review it.

The commission agreed, rescheduling that hearing to this Tuesday's meeting.

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