Zoning Administrator approves replacement wireless tower on Palos Verdes Drive

The county's Zoning Administrator approved the replacement of a wireless communications tower in southeastern Bonsall.

Eric Lardy, who served as the Zoning Administrator for the Dec. 19 hearing, approved a modification to the previous Minor Use Permit to allow Crown Castle to reconstruct, operate, and maintain the facility in the 31900 block of Palos Verdes Drive.

In addition to replacing the monopole with a false tree, a height exemption to the Zoning Ordinance was granted to accommodate the taller false tree. Lardy's findings included that the previous environmental Negative Declaration is a...