Conditional Use Permit N-DRC2025-00017 Verizon Wireless, LLC

Verizon Wireless, LLC, through applicant Samantha Herrmann of Assurance Development, has been granted Conditional Use Permit N-DRC2025-00017 by the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning & Building to construct and operate a 98-foot-tall faux windmill wireless communications facility on a 2.7-acre parcel within the Residential Suburban land use category of the Carrizo Plain Planning Area, approximately four miles north of the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The facility will include nine panel antennas, twelve remote radio units, one microwave antenna, one GPS antenna, four overvoltage protection boxes, equipment cabinets, trenching, and a backup diesel generator, all contained within a 2,500-square-foot fenced area bounded by a six-foot-high chain-link fence with slats. The project will disturb approximately 15,000 square feet of land and entail 139 cubic yards of cut and fill. Environmental compliance was established under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), resulting in a Mitigated Negative Declaration approved on February 24, 2026, with conditions enforced by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Regional Water Quality Control Board. The permit was officially approved on May 14, 2026, and the filing was received on June 3, 2026, with a fee of $3,124.75 paid to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for environmental review. The project is not governed by federal acquisition regulations; it is a local land use approval process, and no federal contract clauses, funding codes, invoicing systems, or procurement line items are applicable. The County of San Luis Obispo serves as the lead agency responsible for oversight and acceptance, with primary contact Elizabeth Moreno handling permits and Samantha Herrmann serving as the applicant liaison. No formal delivery schedule, pricing structure, or federal performance metrics are outlined, and the approval is contingent solely on adherence to site-specific environmental mitigation measures and land use conditions.