Bakersfield City Zoning Code
17.47 PE
Petroleum Extraction Combining District
17.47.010 Purpose and intent.
The purpose of the petroleum extraction (PE) combining district is to designate lands containing productive or potentially productive petroleum resources to promote the development of such resources in a manner compatible with surrounding development. The PE district may be applied only to those areas that are zoned residential suburban (RS), professional and administrative office zone (CO), neighborhood commercial (C-1), or regional commercial (C-2). The uses allowed and the regulations established by the PE district shall be in addition to the regulations of the base district with which the PE district is combined. (Ord. 5170 § 2, 2024; Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in the PE district:
A. Wells for the exploration and development, production, storage, transmission, and treatment, and any accessory or ancillary equipment, structure, or facilities thereto, of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances, if the well(s) are located more than three hundred feet away from any existing dwelling or existing building utilized for commercial purposes, excluding those premises utilized solely for storage of equipment, material, household goods, or similar material.
B. Deepening or redrilling, within the existing well bore, of any well used for the production or development of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances, or the replacement of any production facility which did not require a conditional use permit on the date drilling began or the date the facility was installed.
C. Drilling of a replacement well when the original well did not require a conditional use permit, and when the original well has been abandoned in accordance with Geological Energy Management Division (CalGEM) regulations and drilling of a replacement well commences within one year of the conclusion of abandonment procedures, and the replacement well is located within twenty feet of the original well or is farther from any existing dwelling or commercial building than the original well.
D. Uses permitted by the base district with which the PE district is combined. (Ord. 5093 § 1, 2022; Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.030 Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
While any use may be permitted by conditional use permit pursuant to subsection B of Section 17.64.020, the following uses are not permitted in the PE zone except by conditional use permit issued in accordance with the procedures provided in Chapter 17.64 of this title:
A. Wells for the exploration and development, production, storage, transmission, and treatment, and any accessory or ancillary equipment, structure, or facilities thereto, of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances if the well(s) are located within three hundred feet of any existing dwelling or existing building utilized for commercial purposes, excluding those premises utilized solely for storage of equipment, material, household goods, or similar material.
B. Conditional uses permitted by the base district with which the PE district is combined. (Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.040 Reserved.
(Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.050 Minimum lot size.
Minimum lot size requirements in a PE district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PE district is combined. (Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.060 Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
Requirements for minimum lot area per dwelling unit in a PE district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PE district is combined. (Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.070 Yards and setbacks.
17.47.080 Height limits.
17.47.090 Minimum distance between structures.
Requirements for minimum distance between structures in a PE district for all uses, except for drilling, shall comply with the base district with which the PE district is combined. (Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.100 Reserved.
(Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.110 Reserved.
(Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.120 Reserved.
(Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)
17.47.130 Special review procedures and development standards.
All drilling and hydrocarbon development activities in a PE district shall be carried out in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in Section 15.66.040(A). (Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)