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Kern County Planning Commission approves five consent items, forwards zone‑change recommendation to Board of Supervisors
Summary
At a regularly scheduled meeting, the Kern County Planning Commission approved four consent items — three conditional use permits and a tract‑map time extension — and recommended a zone‑change to the Board of Supervisors. The commission recorded a 4‑0 vote with one absence; appeals are allowed for most approvals.
The Kern County Planning Commission approved four consent items and recommended a zone‑change to the Kern County Board of Supervisors during its meeting, with the commission voting 4‑0 and one member absent.
The commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve Zone Change No. 6, Map 29‑34, a request from Lydia Torres to change roughly 0.5 acre north of Highway 46 on the west side of Lost Hills Road from Exclusive Agriculture to Medium‑Density Residential. Because the commission’s action on zone changes is advisory, the item will be scheduled for Board consideration, staff said.
The commission also approved three conditional use permits and one extension of time on the consent agenda. Staff summarized the consent package before the vote and said the applicants had been informed of any special conditions and had no objections. No members of the public addressed the items during the meeting.
Why it matters: the zone‑change recommendation, if adopted by the Board of Supervisors, would alter the allowable uses for the small parcel in the Lost Hills area. The conditional use permits and the tract‑map extension, if not appealed, allow applicants to proceed under the planning commission’s decisions.
Details of the four approved consent items and the commission’s referral:
• Zone Change No. 6 (Map 29‑34) — Applicant: Lydia Torres. Location: just north of Highway 46, west side of Lost Hills Road. Request: change zone classification from Exclusive Agriculture to Medium‑Density Residential on an approximately 0.5‑acre parcel. Commission action: recommended approval by the Board of Supervisors; final decision pending Board action.
• Conditional Use Permit No. 116 (Map 100 & 213) — Applicant: Steve Pollock. Location: southwest corner of North Chester Avenue and McCord Avenue, Oildale. Request: allow construction of an indoor self‑storage facility in an automobile parking lot on an approximately 1.25‑acre site in General Commercial/Medium‑Density Residential zones. Commission action: approved, subject to recommended conditions and findings.
• Conditional Use Permit No. 20 (Map 9) — Applicant: Luis Duenas. Location: just south of County Line Road, west side of San Jose Street, Delano. Request: allow a mobile home exceeding the 30‑year age limit on an approximately 1.25‑acre parcel in Plotted Lands Residential Suburban Combining and Mobile Home Combining districts. Commission action: approved, subject to recommended conditions and findings.
• Conditional Use Permit No. 19 (Map 117) — Applicant: GF Industries. Location: about 0.5 mile north of State Route 58 and 4 miles west of McKittrick, western Kern County. Request: resume surface mining operations and adopt the associated reclamation plan for the existing Cooper Pit No. 1 in an Exclusive Agricultural zone district. Staff received comment letters from SoCalGas and the California Department of Conservation; the commission approved the permit consistent with staff recommendations and findings.
• Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7392 — Applicant: McIntosh & Associates. Original approval: 3 years on 03/24/2022 to subdivide about 30.5 acres into 49 single‑family lots with limited design variations. Request: a three‑year extension of time. Commission action: approved the extension, subject to original conditions and findings (Resolution 77‑22).
Appeals and next steps: Mr. Johnson of county planning staff told the commission that Items 2–4 (the three conditional use permits) are final actions by the planning commission but may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors by any interested person; appeals must be filed with the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department within 14 days (forms are available at the department and online) and require a $562 filing fee. The tract‑map extension (Item 5) may be appealed within 10 days. If no appeal is filed within the applicable period, the commission’s action is final for those items. The zone‑change (Item 1) will be scheduled for Board of Supervisors consideration because the commission’s role was advisory on that item.
A commission member moved to approve the consent agenda as read into the record; another seconded. The clerk recorded the vote as four ayes, one absent, and the motion carried. No members of the public spoke during the consent agenda or the public presentations period. The meeting was adjourned following the action.
