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Taft Planning Commission continues review of housing-code setbacks to align with state law
Summary
A Planning Commissioner reported the commission met to discuss setback and other housing code changes to conform the city code with recent state requirements; no formal action was reported.
A Planning Commissioner reported to the Taft City Council that the Planning Commission met at its regular time and spent its session discussing setbacks and related housing-code changes intended to align the municipal code with state law.
"Planning commission met at his regular scheduled time, to continue discussing changes to the city's code. This time, it was a discussion on setbacks and other things related to housing, trying to update our code to match what the state has put into the, the state code, and that was the only discussion of the night," Planning Commissioner Jay said.
The council did not take action on the Planning Commission report; the item was a report only and the commissioner described the discussion as ongoing. Mayor Noor characterized the recurring code update work as "a battle," reflecting the commission's continuing effort to reconcile local rules with state requirements.
No specific ordinance text, dates for future hearings, or votes were reported during the council meeting.
