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Council denies appeal, upholds Planning Commission on Taft Highway zone change; environmental concerns raised by opponents
Summary
The council denied an appeal and affirmed the Planning Commission’s approval of a general‑plan amendment and zone change for a 2.63‑acre parcel at Taft Highway and Michelle Street, while opponents argued the change requires an environmental impact report because it could enable future commercial uses with air‑quality and biological impacts.
The Bakersfield City Council on May 28 denied an appeal and upheld the Planning Commission’s March recommendation to approve a general‑plan amendment and zone change for roughly 2.63 acres at the northwest corner of Taft Highway and Michelle Street.
The application, filed by LAV Pinnacle Consulting and Engineering on behalf of the Fred G. Jimmy Neehan 2008 Living Trust, proposed consolidating split land‑use and zoning designations on the parcel and reclassifying 1.19 acres of agricultural zoning to C‑2 regional commercial so the property would be a single commercial parcel.
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