MUP approved for Verizon facility on Aqua Hill water tank

The county’s Planning Commission voted 6-0 September 25, with Commissioner Bryan Woods absent, to approve a Major Use Permit which authorizes the construction, operation, and co-location of an unmanned wireless telecommunication facility on top of a water tank in the 2300 block of Aqua Hill Drive.

The permit allows Verizon Wireless to mount 12 panel antennas and one microwave dish antenna on the 50-foot-tall water tank owned by the Fallbrook Public Utility District. The top of the antennas will be at 36 feet.

The equipment associated with the tower will include four compact metro cell outdoor...