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Taft Planning Commission approves conditional use permit for unmanned fiber hut at Highway 33 and Petroleum Club Road
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 4-0 to approve Conditional Use Permit 2025-06 to place a prefabricated, unmanned telecommunications hut, a backup generator and an underground propane tank on city-owned property; the applicant is Tilson Technology Management on behalf of the California Department of Technology.
The City of Taft Planning Commission on July 16 approved Conditional Use Permit 2025-06 to place an unmanned prefabricated telecommunications “fiber hut,” an emergency backup generator and an underground propane tank within a fenced 46-by-55-foot enclosure on city-owned property at the northeast corner of Highway 33 and Petroleum Club Road.
The permit, submitted by Tilson Technology Management on behalf of the California Department of Technology, passed on a 4-0 roll call vote. Planning staff recommended approval and concluded the project meets development standards for the General Commercial zone and the Taft General Plan.
Luke Reisner of the Planning Department described the proposal to commissioners as a 12-by-20-foot unmanned prefabricated telecommunications facility with an emergency backup generator and an underground propane tank on a currently vacant parcel. Reisner said the department found the application…
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