Chapter 9.100 — Permit Modifications and Revocations

Tehachapi Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · Tehachapi

Sections:

  • 9.100.010 Purpose

  • 9.100.020 Modifications

  • 9.100.030 Revocations

  • 9.100.040 Hearing and Notice Required 9.100.050 Findings to Modify or Revoke

9.100.010 Purpose

This Chapter provides procedures for securing punitive modification or revocation of previously approved permits or approvals.

9.100.020 Modifications

The City’s action to modify a permit or approval, instead of revocation, may include conditioning any operational aspect of the project, including buffers, duration of the permit or entitlement, hours of operation, landscaping and maintenance, lighting, parking, performance guarantees, property maintenance, signs, surfacing, traffic circulation, or any other aspect/condition determined to be reasonable and necessary to ensure that the permit or approval is operated in a manner consistent with the original findings for approval.

9.100.030 Revocations

The City’s action to revoke a permit or approval, instead of modification, shall have the effect of terminating the permit or approval and denying the privileges granted by the original approval.

Tehachapi Zoning Code | October 2014 Adopted |

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Chapter 9.100 Permit Modifications and Revocations

9.100.040 Hearing and Notice Required

A. Hearing Required

  1. The appropriate review authority shall hold a public hearing to modify or revoke a permit or approval granted in compliance with the provisions of this Zoning Code.

  2. The hearing shall be noticed and conducted in compliance with Chapter 10.40 (Public Hearings).

B. Notice

  1. 10 days before the public hearing, notice shall be mailed or delivered to the applicant for the permit or approval being considered for modification or revocation, and/or owner of the property for which the permit or approval was granted.

  2. The only exception to the 10-day notice provision shall be for Temporary Use Permits which, because of their short term nature, shall only require a 24-hour notice.

  3. Notice shall be deemed delivered two days after being mailed, certified and first class, through the United States Postal Service, postage paid, to the owner as shown on the County’s current equalized assessment roll and to the project applicant, if not the owner of the subject property.

  4. Signs shall be posted on site by the applicant and/ or owner of the property for which the permit or approval was granted.

9.100.050 Findings to Modify or Revoke

Any permit or approval, issued in compliance with this Chapter, may be modified or revoked by the review authority that originally granted the permit or approval by the same procedure under which the permit was issued for any of the following causes:

A. That any term or condition of the permit or approval, has not been complied with.

B. That the property or portion thereof subject to the permit or approval is used or maintained in violation of any statute, ordinance, law, or regulation.

C. That the use for which the permit or approval was granted has been so exercised as to be detrimental to the public health or safety or as to constitute a nuisance.

D. That changes in technology or in the type or amount of development in the vicinity of the use or other good cause warrants modification of the conditions of operation or imposition of additional conditions of operation to assure that the use remains compatible with existing and potential uses of other property within the general area in which the use is located. [18.102.020]

9-52 | Adopted October 2014 | Tehachapi Zoning Code