NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION (REVISED)
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS
NOTICE OF CONTINUED PLANNING COMMISSION OPEN RECORD PUBLIC HEARING
File No. 915.95.16-01 – New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC / AT&T Mobility / Ryka Consulting Notice of Application.
Application: On February 5, 2016 the City of Selah Planning Department received a Variance application for a communication tower in the One-Family Residential (R-1) zone from New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC / AT&T Mobility – on behalf of Ryka Consulting – Christine Contreras, 918 S. Horton St, Suite 1002, Seattle, WA 98134. The application was determined complete for processing on February 24, 2016. The decision on this application will be made within one-hundred twenty days of the determination of complete application.
Application Revision: On March 29, 2016 the applicant revised the application to include a request for administrative adjustment of the 20-foot rear setback standard of the R-1 zone. The tower is proposed to be located 9½ feet and 14½ feet from the south and east property lines respectively.
Project Description Replace an existing 100 foot +/- high wireless communication tower with a new 101 foot tower. The facility is an existing Class 3 Use under SMC 10.02.050(C) but as a non-conforming structure (SMC 10.36.020) a variance is required for the tower to exceed the 35 foot height limitation of the R-1 zone. The new tower is to be located approximately 50 feet away from the existing tower location within the existing fenced area of the communication facility.
Location: On the summit of the ridge about 4,200 feet east of the east end of Lookout Point Drive in the City of Selah. (Yakima County Assessor Parcel Number: 181311-13004).
Environmental Review: The City of Selah, as the lead agency for this proposal under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) has determined that the proposal is categorically exempt from SEPA under WAC 197-11-800(25).
Request for Written Comments on the Proposal Written comments concerning the proposed application will be accepted during the public comment period that ends at 5:00.p.m, on May 6, 2016. You may mail your comments to Selah Planning Department, 222 So. Rushmore Road, Selah, WA 98942, send them by fax at 1 (509) 698-7372 or by e-mail at hbedi@ci.selah.wa.us. Reference a file number stated in this notice or “New Cingular Wireless/AT&T Mobility” in your correspondence.
Open Record Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 commencing at 5:30 P.M., or as soon thereafter as practical, the City of Selah Planning Commission will conduct an open record public hearing in the Council Chambers, Selah City Hall, 115 W. Naches Ave. Selah, WA on the proposed variance and administrative adjustment. All interested persons may appear and provide testimony on the application. SMC 21.09.030 is pertinent to the hearing procedure. At the conclusion of the public hearing the Planning Commission will consider the matter and issue a decision for approval, approval with conditions, or denial of the variance and administrative adjustment applications.
Application information including plans and maps detailing the proposal are available during regular business hours at the Planning Department at 222 South Rushmore Road, Selah, Washington 98942. The staff report will be available approximately one week before the hearing. Contact the Planning Department with project, procedural or environmental questions.
Dated this 11th day of April 2016.
Harmit Bedi, City Planner