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Taft Planning Commission approves unmanned fiber hut on city property
Summary
The Taft Planning Commission on July 16 approved Conditional Use Permit 2025-06 to place a fenced enclosure and unmanned prefabricated telecommunications ‘fiber hut’ with backup generator and underground propane tank on city-owned property at the northeast corner of Highway 33 and Petroleum Club Road. The vote was 4-0.
The Taft Planning Commission voted 4-0 on July 16 to approve Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 2025-06 for an unmanned prefabricated telecommunications “fiber hut” on city-owned property at the northeast corner of Highway 33 and Petroleum Club Road.
Planning Department staff described the proposal as a 46-by-55-foot fenced enclosure to install a 12-by-20-foot unmanned prefabricated telecommunications fiber hut, an emergency backup generator and an underground propane tank on city property. "Tonight's item was submitted by Tilson Technology Management on behalf of the California Department of Technology," Planning Department spokesman Luke Reisner said during the hearing.
The project site is vacant and is in the General Commercial zone. Reisner said the California Department of Technology is in the process of securing a…
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