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Taft planning commission continues miniature-golf permit after parking dispute
Summary
The commission heard a conditional use permit for an 18-hole miniature golf course at 419/421 Kern Street and discussed a requested parking variance. Staff recommended approving CUP 2024-07 with conditions and denying variance 2025-03; commissioners could not reach the required majority and continued the item to Dec. 3, 2025.
The Taft Planning Commission on Nov. 25 considered a conditional use permit (CUP 2024-07) and a parking-variance request (Variance 2025-03) for an 18-hole miniature golf course proposed at 419 and 421 Kern Street in the downtown transition mixed-use zone.
Planning staff told commissioners the 0.14-acre site is vacant and currently operating under a special event permit that expires at the end of the weekend. Staff said the downtown specific plan requires one parking space per miniature-golf hole — 18 spaces for this proposal — but the applicant proposes four spaces (three uncovered compact spaces and one ADA space). “For this specific land use, it requires 1 space per miniature golf hole,” the planning director said. Staff…
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