HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution xxxx.PDFRESOLUTION XXXX: TO AUTHORZE THE ZONING OFFICER TO ISSUE A PERMIT TO VERIZON WIRELESS
TO CONSTRUCT TELECOMMLINICATIONS TOWER AND ANTENNA WITH EQUIPMENT BUILDING AT
186 % PLEASANT GROVE ROAD.
Whereas, Yerizon Wireless (WV) has made an application to construct antennas on top of a I20'tall tower, for the
purpose of improved service for their wireless customers, and
Whereas, the Village of Cayuga Heights (VCH) Local Law No. 3 of 1998 requires the Village Planning Board (pB) to
review such applications for compliance with the specific regulations, and
Whereas, the PB has determined that the VW application is complete, and that VIV has satisfied the requirement that they
have considered all other possible locations for the tower, and
Whereas, the PB has duly conducted a public hearing to receive input from the public in both oral and written form, and
used this information to determine the potential environmental impacts of the tower, and
Whereas, the PB retained William P. Johnson of Scottsville, a member of the faculty of Electrical-Computer-
Telecommunications engineering technology Dept. at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, as its
Engineering Consultant on this application who provided the PB with his report in writing under date of December 19,
2005, which has been duly considered after his appearance at the public hearing on December 19,2005, and a "follow-up"
report ofJanuary 72,2006, and
Whereas, the PB has made a negative declaration of findings according to SEQR 6NYCRR 617.20 including Appendix
A&B, and
Whereas, the PB has reviewed the consultant's reports (of Decemb er 19, 2005 and January 12, 2006) and hereby makes
the following findings of fact:
/ 'tJringa height of 100 feet presents terraintoverage gaps to the south that remain even after the wider blamwidth\-.,-/ antennas are used
I 'Basedupon the propagation plot results, the proposed height of 120 feet is reasonable regardless ofthe
/ obeamwidth used by Verizon
l/'Yeizon has demonstrated the need for 120 foot tower at the proposed site regardless whether a future Ithaca cell
(west of the Village) were to be constructed sometime in the future.
Now, therefore, the Village of Cayuga Heights Planning Board hereby authorizes the Zoning Officer to issue a permit to
Verizon Wireless to construct a 120' tall telecommunications tower/antennas at 186 YzPleasantGrove Road. The Zonins.
Officer shall issue the permit with the following conditions:
1. No future extension of tower without PB approval
2.The applicant will post a demolition bond in the amount of $30,000 subject to a construction cost index
adjustment as provided by the Engineering News Record or R.S. Means Company, Inc.
3. No trees (deciduous or coniferous) shall be removed from the site
4. The PB..ryre-evaluate this approval+ff*rr 20 years from this date.lui( n $
RESOLUTION XXXX: VILLAGE PLANNING BOARD'S DETERMINATION OF FINDINGS AND DECLARATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED VERZON WIRELESS TELECOMMTINICATIONS TOWER
AND ANTENNA AT 186 % PLEASANT GROVE ROAD'
whereas, yerizonwireless (WV) has made an application to construct a 120'tall tower on top of which will be placed
wireless telephone communications antennas, atong with a 12' x 30' equipment building at the base of the tower, for the
purpose of nlcessary service for their wireless customers, and
whereas, the Village of Cayuga Heights CVCH) has a Local Law that requires the village Pianning Board (PB) to review
such appiications for environmental impacts as prescribed by 6NYCRR 617 .20 SEQR Appendix A&B, and
Whereas, the pB has duly conducted a public hearing, has reviewed Part 1 of the applicant's Full Environmentai
Assessment Form (,,Long Fonn";, has completed Part 2 of thatEAF (Project Impacts and rheir Magnitude including
,.Visual EAF Addendum), and has made the following findings of the project's potential impacts:
1. .Ihe visual aesthetics of the proposed unlighted monopole tower structure is the only impact that cannot be
further mitigated by the applicant.
2.'There is no other location in the Village that would have lesser impact.
3. The number of residents that will be impacted by the location of the tower as proposed is very small as
compared to the overall population of the Village'
4. The visual aesthetic impact is determined to be considered "small to moderate"'
5. .As constrained by FCoregulations and the i996 Telecommunications Act, the Village can not prohibit this
activity of a "public utility," nor unreasonably discriminate against it.
6. There was no substantial evidence adduced at the hearing or otherwise by the opponents or by the Village's
consultant to support a denial of the application on environmental quality review grounds'
Therefore, the Village of Cayuga Heights Planning Board has determined that the proposed Verizon Wireless
Telecommunications Tower with Antenna and Equipment Building at 186 t/z Pleasant Grove Road will not have a
significant impact on the environmen!, and hereby makes a declaration of negative significance.