Health Dept. approval not required for this project.

Response to my questions: Attached is a picture of our “search ring”. The two towers in the area fall outside of this ring so collocation is not an option for various reasons. Cell coverage is like a puzzle because of the different terrains and obstructions that are all around us. Towers are needed in many different locations to fill in the pieces of the puzzle. This particular proposed site is needed to fill in a gap of coverage in the area that the other two towers would not be able to fill. Verizon is looking at collocating on Little Mountain tower in the near future to fill a different gap of coverage. Even with this future collocation the coverage that it will provide will not reach our SAL Warren site. The 4700 S Tower is already within another coverage area of a Verizon tower so it wouldn’t be useful to collocate here. A new tower must be constructed in the “search ring” that I have attached in order for Verizon to extend its network coverage in an area that cannot be serviced by any other tower. Site Access: The attached drawing shows the proposed site access. We will be traveling solely over the property owner’s parcel. We will not be accessing the site through county property. We will be coming off of the 12th street public right of way and immediately turn South onto the private parcel. The access road is purple in color. Landscaping: We are asking the planning commission to allow Verizon Wireless an exception to the landscaping requirement. This site is located at the rear of the property in the middle of the field. Irrigation lines to provide water to maintain landscaping would interfere with surrounding farming and any type of landscaping could be a wind trap for noxious weeds that could harm the cattle in the area. The site is hidden from view looking north by a set of train tracks elevated on a gravel berm, trees block the view of the site from the east, and the nearest residential structure to the west is over a mile away. Visibility of the site is extremely limited from the north on 12th street because of trees, accessory buildings, and farm equipment. Moreover, the two towers in the area do not have landscaping surrounding it so we are asking to receive the same exception that was given to them.

Planning has asked the cell company to answer this questions. The following statement “We are unable to collocate on the other towers because they fall outside of our search area. Our RF Engineers are looking at the site we submitted specifically to meet the carrier demands of Verizon Wireless. The Little Mountain tower falls within another search area called SAL Knapp that we will be submitting in the future for collocation”; really doesn’t explain why you can’t co-locate on the other towers. You access to the site is not on a road but a piece property own by Weber County. Please provide a letter from Weber County stating that you have permission to use their property for access. Landscaping is a requirement and you need to shown how you will comply with this requirement or explain why you shouldn’t have to comply to this requirement.