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Taft commission backs zoning, specific plan amendments to implement housing element programs

City of Taft Planning Commission · December 4, 2025
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Summary

The commission voted 5-0 to recommend city council approval of zoning ordinance amendment 2025-16 and specific plan amendment 2025-17 to implement 23 programs from Taft’s adopted 6th-cycle housing element (2023–2031); staff cited CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3).

The Taft Planning Commission on Dec. 3 voted unanimously to recommend the City Council adopt zoning ordinance amendment 2025-16 and downtown specific plan amendment 2025-17, actions staff said are necessary to implement programs in the city’s 6th-cycle housing element (2023–2031).

Planner Jenna Chilingarian, appearing online, told commissioners the amendments implement 23 housing-element programs…

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