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Prospective new homes could double the city’s population
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Posted by editor Fri Apr 7, 2006 16:56:16 PDT
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0 responses 0 comments According to Tehachapi City Manager Jason Caudle, there are 2,500 new homes in the regulatory and construction “pipeline” in the city. Assuming they all will be completed and occupied, they could add more than 6,000 people to the city’s population, based on U.S Census data concerning average family size.

One development that has just gone into the site development stage is Orchard Glen by KB Home, a builder already involved in home construction elsewhere in the City of Tehachapi. Orchard Glen is located across South Dennison Road from Tehachapi High School and will consist of 207 lots, said Todd Spitler, Director of Local Government Affairs for KB Home. Ranging in size from about 2,000 square feet to 3500 square feet and placed on lots of 8,000 square feet, Orchard Glen’s homes will be what many housing professionals would consider upscale. Spitler said price quotes are not yet available.

Actual home construction is scheduled for July, he said, with sales to start in September.

City Manager Caudle said KB Home will improve Dennison Road in the vicinity of Orchard Glen. The improvement will include a landscaped median. Other aesthetic features will be two small entrance parks at the north and south ends of the development encompassing a total of 55,000 square feet.

Traffic from Orchard Glen will not enter and exit directly onto Dennison Road, Caudle said. According to the tract map, traffic will first emerge on an expansion of Pinon Street on the south side and a new street to be constructed on the north side.

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