Planning Commission approves Morro Hills wireless facility

The county's Planning Commission has approved a Major Use Permit for a wireless communications facility in the 5200 block of San Jacinto Circle West.

The 6-0 Planning Commission vote Sept. 14, with Bryan Woods absent, allows AT&T to construct, operate, and maintain a wireless facility camouflaged as a 60 foot tall false broadleaf tree.

The facility will also include 12 panel antennas, a concrete masonry unit wall enclosure 8 feet tall and measuring 90 square feet, an equipment shelter 9 feet 10 inches tall and encompassing 64 square feet, and a 15 kilowatt backup generator which will be locate...