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City council denies Planet Fitness traffic-impact-fee appeal, refers TIF program review to committee
Summary
The Bakersfield City Council voted to deny Planet Fitness’s appeal of a transportation impact fee for a new location at Stockdale Highway and Buena Vista Road but referred a review of how the city calculates traffic impact fees for shopping centers to the Housing & Community Development Committee.
The Bakersfield City Council on Aug. 27 denied an appeal by Planet Fitness challenging the city's transportation impact fee for a proposed 25,257-square-foot gym at the southwest corner of Stockdale Highway and Buena Vista Road, saying the company's building is part of a larger shopping center. Councilmembers approved the denial while directing staff to send a review of the city's traffic impact fee (TIF) methodology to the Housing & Community Development Committee for further study.
City staff argued the Planet Fitness building should be assessed as part of the Village at River Oaks Centre shopping center because it shares points of access, utilities and common parking with adjacent parcels. "The appeal by Planet Fitness is they're challenging the current traffic…
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