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Taft Council Approves Specific-Plan Amendment, Introduces Zoning Ordinance to Implement Housing Element
Summary
The council approved a resolution to amend the Downtown Taft specific plan to implement programs from the 6th-cycle housing element and introduced a zoning ordinance amendment, setting a Jan. 20, 2026 hearing. Contract planner Jenna Chilangerian summarized the plan'related changes and staff found the project CEQA-exempt as programmatic.
The Taft City Council on Dec. 16 approved a resolution to amend the Downtown Taft specific plan and introduced a zoning ordinance amendment intended to implement programs from the city's 6th-cycle housing element (2023'2031).
Jenna Chilangerian, a contract planner for the city, told the council the package before them would amend the zoning ordinance (2025-16) and Downtown Taft specific plan (2025-17) to implement 23 housing-element…
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