ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BAKERSFIELD CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 17 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION
FROM C -O/PCD (COMMERCIAL OFFICE/ PLANNED
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT) TO R -2 (SMALL LOT SINGLE -UNIT
DWELLING), GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF STOCKDALE HIGHWAY AND SOUTH WEGIS AVENUE (GPA/ZC
NO. 25-0003).
WHEREAS, Bolthouse Properties (applicant and property owner), is requesting: (1) an amendment to the land use map designation of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan from OC (Office Commercial) to LMR (Low Medium Density Residential); and (2) an amendment to Title 17 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code to change the Zone District from C-O/PCD (Commercial Office/ Planned Commercial Development) to R -2 (Small Lot Single-Unit Dwelling) on approximately 49 acres generally located on the southwest corner of Stockdale Highway and South Wegis Avenue. (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on January 15, 2026, and with no one wishing to speak in support or opposition, approved Resolution No. 08 - 26 which recommended that the City Council approve the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk of the City Council set Wednesday, March 11, 2025 at 5:15 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 City Council to consider the approval of the amendment as required by Government Code Section 65355, and notice of the public hearing was given in the manner provided in Title 17 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project; and
WHEREAS, during the hearing, the City Council considered all facts, testimony, and evidence concerning the Project, including the staff report, and the Planning Commission’s deliberation, and action; and
WHEREAS, the Project is consistent with the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan.
SECTION 1.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Bakersfield City Council as follows:
1. The above recitals, incorporated herein, are true and correct.
2. The Planning Commission's findings as contained in its Resolution No. 08-26 are hereby adopted.
3. The Project is hereby approved incorporating the change into the official zoning map as described in Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 17.06.020 as specifically described in Exhibit A and located on the map as shown in Exhibit B, all of which are incorporated herein.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance must be posted in accordance with the Bakersfield Municipal Code and will become effective not less than 30 days from and after the date of its passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting held on the _____ day of March 2026, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: Arias, Andre, Weir, Smith, Koman, Bashirtash, Kaur NOES: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER:
JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED:
By
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 Legal Description
B Zone Change Map
EXHIBIT "A"
PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE 25-XXXX
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
R-2 (FROM C-O/PCD)
BEING LOT 2 OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT No. 22-0457 AS EVIDENCED BY CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE RECORDED ON AUGUST 5, 2024 AS DOCUMENT No. 224089869 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE KERN COUNTY RECORDER; ALSO BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 30 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST, MOUNT DIABLO
BASE AND MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, COUNTY OF KERN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4, AND THE CENTERLINE
INTERSECTION OF STOCKDALE HIGHWAY AND SOUTH WEGIS AVENUE AS SHOWN ON SAID LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT No. 22-0457; THENCE ALONG THE FOLLOWING NINE (9) COURSES:
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SOUTH 00°16'02" WEST, ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH MID-SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION 4, A DISTANCE OF 852.73 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE EASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1500.00 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING THE NORTH-SOUTH MID-SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION 4, SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 13°48'16", AN ARC LENGTH OF 361.40 FEET; THENCE
SOUTH 76°27'47" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 150.73 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE NORTHERLY, HAVING A RADIL)S OF 1500.00 FEET; THENCE
WESTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE" OF 41 °46'42", AN ARC LENGTH OF 1093.75 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 61 °45'32" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 438.40 FEET TO TtiE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE SOUTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS ·OF 1500.00 FEET;
THENCE I I
WESTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF J 4°39'03", AN ARC LENGTH OF 383.55 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 13°35'26" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 45.00 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 00°10'42" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 739.78 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 AND THE CENTERLINE OF STOCKDALE HIGHWAY; THENCE
���I.L 'l( SOUTH 89°26'56" EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF I 14-f V)'t? THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 AND
THE CENTERLINE OF STOCKDALE HIGHWAY, A
DISTANCE OF 1900.49 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 49.312 GROSS ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
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