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Bakersfield planning commission denies application for 12‑bed residential care home at Riverfront Park Drive
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and debate over traffic, neighborhood character and zoning precedent, the Planning Commission voted to deny a conditional use permit for a proposed 12‑bed residential care facility at 12411 Riverfront Park Drive (CUP 25‑0023).
The Bakersfield Planning Commission voted to deny conditional use permit 25‑0023, a proposal to convert a single‑family home at 12411 Riverfront Park Drive into a 12‑bed residential care facility for the elderly.
Staff presented the project as consistent with the Metropolitan Bakersfield general plan and municipal code and recommended approval, saying the project would preserve the home's exterior while reconfiguring interior space. Assistant planner Izzy Dalo Gary told the commission that staff had received 11 opposition comments beginning Nov. 12 and described the site as about 0.24 acres in an R‑1 (single‑unit dwelling) zone. The applicant, JNS Health Systems LLC, proposed converting a 3,262‑square‑foot house and expanding living space by enclosing a covered patio to create roughly 4,200…
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