A public hearing will be held today at Marvin Braude San Fernando, Valley Constituent Service Center, 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard
Van Nuys, CA 91401
TIME: MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2009 AT 1:00 P.M.
regarding a TMobile cell tower at the Canyon Market on Tujunga Canyon and Hillrose. To see a copy of the public hearing notice, please go to the City Planning website at http://cityplanning.lacity.org/ -- Click on Meetings and Hearings, North Valley and find the April 6 hearing notice.
The Land Use Committee took the following position on this matter and forwarded same to the Office of Zoning Administration:
• Whenever a major telecom decides they need a cell tower or monopine installation to benefit their customers, the community always takes an aesthetic "hit" that can't be mitigated. The visual effects are long-lasting and there is NO guarantee that the final installation will be visually appealing much less benign.
• A precedent is being established with the approval of this tall monopine at the proposed location. Once approved, other carriers will be more likely to want to do the same types of installations for their local customer base. Sunland-Tujunga then becomes a convenient "dumping ground" for these types of installations.
• What ordinances does the City have that effectively prevents a proliferation of these types of towers in local communities?
• Finally, many cell phone customers in Sunland-Tujunga are required to roam off their network to make cell phone calls from their homes. This is because the terrain here is hilly. Most major cell providers do not charge extra for roaming calls. So, are such tower installations really all that necessary for each individual provider?
Photos of the site can be seen at http://gallery.me.com/cindycleghorn#100187
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