General Plan Amendment 23-0560 Taft Highway

At a glance

• What: a General Plan Amendment and zone change on about 24.86 acres at the southwest corner of Taft Highway and Ashe Road (Ward 7), proposed by McIntosh & Associates for ATG Investments LLC. Land use changes from High Medium Residential to High Density Residential and General Commercial; zoning from R-2 to C-2 and R-3.
• Outcome: after a short hearing with no speakers (6:59 to 7:01 p.m.) on August 26, the Council adopted the item on Smith's motion, with the Mitigated Negative Declaration (RES 105-2026) and the amendment (RES 106-2026). The zoning ordinance had first reading only.

Sources

• Minutes of 2026-08-26: https://docs.bakersfieldcity.us/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=2000876&dbid=0&repo=CITYRECORDS (read from a scanned document)

Log

2026-08-26 - City Council

Development Services Director Burns gave staff comments. No one spoke for or against. Motion by Smith to adopt; approved with Vice Mayor Kaur absent. The minutes text for this item is partly scrambled, so resolution numbers should be checked against the official record.