Planning Commission approves wireless facility on Pala Mesa golf course

The county's Planning Commission approved a Major Use Permit for a wireless communications site on the Pala Mesa Resort golf course.

The Planning Commission's 6-0 vote Oct. 19, with Doug Barnhart absent, allows Verizon to construct, operate, and maintain a wireless facility camouflaged as a 60 foot tall false eucalyptus tree.

The permit allows for up to 12 panel antennas and also for an equipment enclosure, which will be raised to avoid impacts to a floodplain and protect the electrical equipment from floods. The equipment enclosure will be 12 feet tall and approximately 135 square feet and wi...