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Kern County Planning Commission approves five consent-calendar land-use cases, including a temporary methane testing permit
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The Kern County Planning Commission approved five consent-calendar items — conditional use permits, zone changes and a precise development plan — including a three-year permit for a temporary methane testing site with an associated solar array that expires Dec. 25, 2028.
The Kern County Planning Commission approved five consent-calendar land-use matters on the consent calendar and confirmed staff recommendations for each.
Mr. Murphy, reading staff reports, described the projects and staff recommendations. He said the first item, CUP 66 Map 100, was a conditional use permit to allow a mobile home exceeding the 30-year age limit on two parcels (about 22,000 square feet) in a PLRS MH district; staff recommended approval with conditions. The second consent item would modify CUP 18 (and enact a zone change from R‑2 and C‑1 to C‑1 PD) and approve a precise development plan to allow construction of a roughly 4,000‑square‑foot convenience store and fueling station with 16 pumps on four parcels totaling just under 39,000 square feet; Blue Line Investments is the applicant and staff recommended that the commission advise the Board of Supervisors to approve the requested permits and zone change under the conditions in the draft resolution.
The commission also approved a zone change request by Santiago Communities for 10.07 acres along Rosarita Avenue in unincorporated Mojave, and a conditional use permit to expand a legal nonconforming mobile home park by five spaces on a 27,000‑square‑foot portion of a 2.55‑acre parcel in an R‑3 zone (applicant Rosario Reyes). Mr. Murphy summarized staff recommendations for approval and adoption of draft findings in each case.
The final consent item, CP40Map23021, was a request from Terraform Industries, represented by Matt Weichart, for a temporary methane‑production testing site with an associated solar array on a 5.04‑acre parcel in an M‑3 PD zone in the Rosemond area. Mr. Murphy said staff recommended approval of a conditional use permit for a period of three years, expiring on Dec. 25, 2028, subject to the conditions and findings set forth in the draft resolution.
With no members of the public requesting that cases be pulled from consent, Speaker 2 moved to approve consent items 1–5 “as read into the record”; the motion was seconded and the clerk recorded three ayes. Mr. Murphy noted that commission actions on cases 1, 4 and 5 are final but subject to appeal to the Board of Supervisors.
Mr. Murphy also explained appeal procedures: appeals must be filed at the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department (2700 M Street, Suite 100, Bakersfield) on forms available from the department or its website, accompanied by a $562 filing fee, and must be filed within 14 days of and including the date of the hearing; no development may be authorized until after the final date to appeal.
The commission’s approvals do not take effect until the appeal period lapses or any filed appeals are resolved. No public speakers addressed the consent items at the meeting.
