RESOLUTION NO. _____________
A RESOLUTION OF THE BAKERSFIELD CITY COUNCIL UPHOLDING
THE APPEAL AND DENY ING VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 7450 (PHASED) LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF OLIVE DRIVE AND ROSEDALE RANCH PARKWAY IN NORTHWEST BAKERSFIELD.
WHEREAS, McIntosh & Associates representing Opal Land Company Co - Ownership Interests, LLC & BGM, LLC & 7-G’s Investment Group, filed an application with the City of Bakersfield Development Services Department Planning Division requesting approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7450 (Phased). The proposed subdivision would consist of 176 lots and 5 public landscape lots on 32.66 acres located at the southwest corner of Olive Drive and Rosedale Ranch Parkway in northwest Bakersfield (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the application was deemed complete on November 20, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Planning Commission, did set, Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, as the time and place for a public hearing before the Planning Commission to consider the Project. Subsequent to setting the project for consideration, Staff requested VTTM 7450 be referred back for readvertising and public notification; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Planning Commission, did set, Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, as the time and place for a public hearing before the Planning Commission to consider the Project. Subsequent to setting the project for consideration, Staff requested VTTM 7450 be referred back to respond to address comments and for further environmental evaluation; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Planning Commission, did set, Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, as the time and place for a public hearing before the Planning Commission to consider the Project, and notice of the public hearing was given in the manner provided in Title 16 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, After the July 17, 2025 public hearing concluded, the Planning Commission unanimously approved the project, with Blaine Neptune representing McIntosh and Associates, Inc. and Tom Dee representing Opal Land Company Co - Ownership Interests, LLC & BGM, LLC & 7 -G’s Investment Group, LLC present in support.
Eddy Laine representing the Sierra Club was present to voice opposition. Notably, two Commissioners were absent during the vote (Resolution 35-25); and
WHEREAS, On July 25, 2025, Sierra Club, the appellant, filed a written appeal with the City Clerk to the Planning Commission’s decision to approve the Project; and
WHEREAS, , the City Council, through the City Clerk, did set the time and place of the public hearing as Wednesday, September 10, 2025, in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, to consider the appeal, and notice of
the public hearing was given in the manner provided in Title 16 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, during the September 10 , 202 5 public hearing, the City Council considered all facts, testimony, and evidence concerning the staff report, and the Planning Commission’s action; and
WHEREAS, the Council has considered and hereby make the following finding:
1. Based on the preponderance of the evidence on the record, Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 7450 as proposed is not in harmony with the various elements and objectives of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Bakersfield City Council as follows:
2. The above recitals and findings incorporated herein, are true and correct.
3. The Planning Commission's findings as contained in its Resolution No. 35-25 are hereby overturned.
4. The City Council hereby upholds the appeal.
5. The City Council hereby denies Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 7450 without prejudice.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting held on September 10, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: _______________________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER: _______________________________________________________________ ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: _______________________________________________________________
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk
of the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
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KAREN GOH
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By: ____________________________
VIRIDIANA GALLARDO-KING
Deputy City Attorney
Exhibits:
A Location Map with Zoning
B Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7450 (Phased)
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R-2 R-2
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R-1
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R-4
CITY LIMIT
GRAFHAM
WOOD
WAY
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FOREST DR
SCAFELL
PIKE ST
MORNING
BREEZE STLEONARD ALVARADO
RD
REINA RDREINA RD REINA RD
ROSEDALERANCH PKWY
OLIVE DR
RENFRO RD
SANTA FE WAY
Zoning
R-1 One Family Dwelling
6,000 sq.ft. min lot siz
e
R-1-4.5 One Family Dwelling
4,500 sq.ft. min lot size
E Estate
10,000 sq.ft. min lot size
R-S Residential Suburban
24,000 sq.ft./dwelling unit
R-S-( ) Residential Suburban
1, 2.5, 5 or 10 min lot size
R-2 Limited Multiple Family Dwelling
4,500 sq.ft. min lot size (single family)
6,000 sq.ft. min lot size (multifamily)
2,500 sq.ft. lot area/dwelling unit
R-3 Multiple Family Dwelling
6,000 sq.ft. min lot size
1,250 sq.ft. lot area/dwelling unit
R-4 High Density Multiple Family Dwelling
6,000 sq.ft. min lot size
600 sq.ft. lot area/dwelling unit
R-H Residential Holding
20 acre min lot size
A Agriculture
6,000 sq.ft. min lot size
A-20A Agriculture
20 acre min lot size
A-WR Agriculture-Water Recharge
Combining
PUD Planned Unit Development
TT Travel Trailer Park
MH Mobilehome
C-O Professional & Administrative Office
C-1 Neighborhood Commercial
C-2 Regional Commercial
C-C Commercial Center
C-B Central Business
PCD Planned Commercial Development
M-1 Light Manufacturing
M-2 General Manufacturing
M-3 Heavy Industrial
P Automobile Parking
RE Recreation
Ch Church Overlay
OS Open Space
HOSP Hospital Overlay
AD Architectural Design Overlay
FP-P Floodplain Primary
FP-S Floodplain Secondary
AA Airport Approach
DI Drilling Island
PE Petroleum Extraction Combining
SC Senior Citizen Overlay
HD Hillside Development Combining
WM West Ming Specific Plan
VTTM 7450
Vesting Tentative Tract Map
7450
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
Exhibit A
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE
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Exhibit B