Kern County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 19
04 - DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 19.04.003 - Construction of terms.
- 19.04.006 - Abut.
- 19.04.009 - Access drive.
- 19.04.012 - Accessory building or structure.
- 19.04.015 - Accessory facility.
- 19.04.018 - Accessory use.
- 19.04.021 - Acre.
- 19.04.024 - Actual cash value.
- 19.04.026 - Agricultural by-product processing.
- 19.04.027 - Agricultural supply services.
- 19.04.028 - Agricultural trucking facility.
- 19.04.030 - Airport, private.
- 19.04.033 - Airport, public use.
- 19.04.036 - Aliquot.
- 19.04.039 - Alley.
- 19.04.042 - Ambient noise level.
- 19.04.045 - Amusement park.
- 19.04.046 - Animal, adult.
- 19.04.047 - Animal shelter.
- 19.04.048 - Apartment.
- 19.04.051 - Approved access.
- 19.04.054 - Audible noise.
- 19.04.057 - Auto service station, large.
- 19.04.060 - Auto service station, small.
- 19.04.063 - Bakery, large.
- 19.04.066 - Bakery, small.
- 19.04.069 - Bar.
- 19.04.072 - Base district.
- 19.04.075 - Base flood.
- 19.04.076 - Bed and breakfast inn.
- 19.04.077 - Beverage container recycling collection center.
- 19.04.078 - Bituminous road mix.
- 19.04.081 - Board of supervisors.
- 19.04.087 - Boardinghouse.
- 19.04.090 - Building.
- 19.04.093 - Building height.
- 19.04.096 - Building official.
- 19.04.099 - Campground.
- 19.04.102 - Camping trailer.
- 19.04.105 - Camping unit.
- 19.04.107 - Car sharing.
- 19.04.108 - Cargo container.
- 19.04.109 - Cattle feedlot.
- 19.04.111 - Cemetery.
- 19.04.114 - Center frequencies.
- 19.04.117 - Centerline, legal.
- 19.04.120 - Church.
- 19.04.123 - Club.
- 19.04.126 - Columbarium.
- 19.04.129 - Combining district.
- 19.04.132 - Commercial coach.
- 19.04.135 - Commercial purposes.
- 19.04.138 - Common area.
- 19.04.141 - Common property line.
- 19.04.144 - Community care facility.
- 19.04.147 - Community center.
- 19.04.148 - Community garden.
- 19.04.150 - Community recreation facility.
- 19.04.153 - Community septic disposal system.
- 19.04.156 - Conditional use.
- 19.04.159 - Conditional use permit.
- 19.04.162 - Condominium.
- 19.04.165 - Convalescent hospital.
- 19.04.168 - Country club.
- 19.04.171 - County.
- 19.04.174 - County official.
- 19.04.177 - Crematory.
- 19.04.180 - Cul-de-sac.
- 19.04.183 - Day care center.
- 19.04.186 - Day care home, large family.
- 19.04.189 - Day care home, small family.
- 19.04.192 - Dead storage.
- 19.04.195 - Decibel, dB.
CHAPTER 19
08 - INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL STANDARDS
Sections
- 19.08.010 - Purpose.
- 19.08.015 - Special treatment areas within Kern County—Indian Wells Valley Land Use Management Plan.
- 19.08.020 - Zoning district boundaries.
- 19.08.030 - Determination of similar use—Generally.
- 19.08.040 - Determination of similar use—Application—Contents.
- 19.08.050 - Determination of similar use—Application—Time.
- 19.08.055 - Cannabis-related facilities, cultivation, and activities.
- 19.08.060 - Determination of similar use—Procedure.
- 19.08.070 - Determination of similar use—Appeal.
- 19.08.080 - Determination of similar use—Criteria.
- 19.08.085 - Alternative to determination of similar use.
- 19.08.090 - Public utility uses—County review.
- 19.08.100 - Interpretation of minimum lot sizes.
- 19.08.110 - Determination of accessory uses and structures.
- 19.08.120 - Front yard setback exception.
- 19.08.130 - Less restrictive uses prohibited.
- 19.08.140 - Location of dwellings.
- 19.08.150 - Height of buildings.
- 19.08.160 - Height of structures.
- 19.08.170 - Dwellings above other uses—Yard requirements.
- 19.08.180 - Accessory buildings.
- 19.08.190 - Through lots—Setback requirements.
- 19.08.200 - Yard encroachments.
- 19.08.210 - Fences, walls and hedges.
- 19.08.220 - Storage in yards.
- 19.08.225 - Structures and storage in public roads.
- 19.08.230 - Regional or interstate transmission pipeline facilities—County review.
- 19.08.240 - Building across property lines.
- 19.08.252 - Truck parking as a residential accessory use.
- 19.08.260 - Oil and gas exploration by scientific means.
- 19.08.270 - County review of projects related to national security.
- 19.08.280 - Emergency occupancy of mobilehomes, travel trailers, or commercial coaches.
- 19.08.290 - Temporary batch plants.
- 19.08.300 - Public access easements.
- 19.08.320 - Fireworks stands and Christmas tree sales.
- 19.08.340 - Temporary events.
- 19.08.360 - Large water systems—Aboveground facilities.
- 19.08.370 - Potbellied pigs.
- 19.08.375 - Pygmy goats.
- 19.08.380 - Temporary occupancy of recreational vehicles.
- 19.08.390 - Waste stockpile—Financial assurances.
- 19.08.400 - Street identification requirements.
- 19.08.405 - Setback requirements from section and midsection lines.
- 19.08.410 - Land divisions.
- 19.08.415 - Small wind energy system.
- 19.08.420 - Dog keeping in residential districts.
- 19.08.430 - Animal shelters grace period.
- 19.08.440 - Commercial auto restoration.
- 19.08.450 - Street vendors and food peddlers.
- 19.08.460 - Meteorological (MET) towers.
- 19.08.470 - Noncommercial liquified petroleum gas (LPG), liquified natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG).
- 19.08.480 - Beverage container recycling (CRV) collection center.
CHAPTER 19
12 - EXCLUSIVE AGRICULTURE A DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.12.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.12.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.12.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.12.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.12.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.12.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.12.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.12.080 - Height limits.
- 19.12.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.12.100 - Parking.
- 19.12.110 - Signs.
- 19.12.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.12.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
14 - LIMITED AGRICULTURE A-1 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.14.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.14.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.14.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.14.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.14.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.14.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.14.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.14.080 - Height limits.
- 19.14.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.14.100 - Parking.
- 19.14.110 - Signs.
- 19.14.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.14.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
18 - LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL R-1 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.18.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.18.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.18.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.18.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.18.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.18.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.18.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.18.080 - Height limits.
- 19.18.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.18.100 - Parking.
- 19.18.110 - Signs.
- 19.18.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.18.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
20 - MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL R-2 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.20.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.20.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.20.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.20.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.20.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.20.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.20.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.20.080 - Height limits.
- 19.20.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.20.100 - Parking.
- 19.20.110 - Signs.
- 19.20.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.20.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
22 - HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL R-3 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.22.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.22.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.22.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.22.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.22.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.22.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.22.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.22.080 - Height limits.
- 19.22.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.22.100 - Parking.
- 19.22.110 - Signs.
- 19.22.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.22.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
26 - MOBILEHOME PARK MP DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.26.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.26.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.26.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.26.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.26.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.26.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.26.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.26.080 - Height limits.
- 19.26.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.26.100 - Parking.
- 19.26.110 - Signs.
- 19.26.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.26.130 - Site development plan review—Required.
- 19.26.140 - Site development plan review—Application—Contents.
- 19.26.150 - Development standards and conditions.
- 19.26.160 - School facilities fee requirement.
- 19.26.170 - State permit requirements.
- 19.26.180 - Garage or yard sales—Standards.
- 19.26.190 - Community garden—Standards.
- 19.26.200 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
28 - COMMERCIAL OFFICE CO DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.28.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.28.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.28.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.28.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.28.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.28.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.28.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.28.080 - Height limits.
- 19.28.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.28.100 - Parking.
- 19.28.110 - Signs.
- 19.28.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.28.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
30 - NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL C-1 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.30.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.30.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.30.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.30.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.30.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.30.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.30.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.30.080 - Height limits.
- 19.30.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.30.100 - Parking.
- 19.30.110 - Signs.
- 19.30.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.30.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
36 - LIGHT INDUSTRIAL M-1 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.36.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.36.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.36.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.36.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.36.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.36.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.36.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.36.080 - Height limits.
- 19.36.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.36.100 - Parking.
- 19.36.110 - Signs.
- 19.36.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.36.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
38 - MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL M-2 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.38.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.38.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.38.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.38.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.38.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.38.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.38.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.38.080 - Height limits.
- 19.38.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.38.100 - Parking.
- 19.38.110 - Signs.
- 19.38.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.38.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
40 - HEAVY INDUSTRIAL M-3 DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.40.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.40.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.40.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.40.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.40.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.40.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.40.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.40.080 - Height limits.
- 19.40.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.40.100 - Parking.
- 19.40.110 - Signs.
- 19.40.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.40.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
42 - RECREATION-FORESTRY RF DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.42.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.42.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.42.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.42.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.42.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.42.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.42.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.42.080 - Height limits.
- 19.42.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.42.100 - Parking.
- 19.42.110 - Signs.
- 19.42.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.42.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
44 - OPEN SPACE OS DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.44.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.44.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.44.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.44.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.44.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.44.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.44.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.44.080 - Height limits.
- 19.44.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.44.100 - Parking.
- 19.44.110 - Signs.
- 19.44.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.44.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
45 - PARK AND RECREATION PR DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.45.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.45.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.45.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.45.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.45.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.45.060 - Minimum lot area per unit.
- 19.45.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.45.080 - Height limits.
- 19.45.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.45.100 - Parking.
- 19.45.110 - Signs.
- 19.45.120 - Landscaping and screening.
- 19.45.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
46 - NATURAL RESOURCE NR DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.46.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.46.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.46.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.46.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.46.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.46.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.46.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.46.080 - Height limits.
- 19.46.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.46.100 - Parking.
- 19.46.110 - Signs.
- 19.46.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.46.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
48 - DRILLING ISLAND DI DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.48.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.48.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.48.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.48.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.48.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.48.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.48.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.48.080 - Height limits.
- 19.48.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.48.100 - Parking.
- 19.48.110 - Signs.
- 19.48.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.48.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
50 - FLOODPLAIN PRIMARY FPP DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.50.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.50.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.50.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.50.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.50.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.50.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.50.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.50.080 - Height limits.
- 19.50.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.50.100 - Parking.
- 19.50.110 - Signs.
- 19.50.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.50.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
52 - SPECIAL PLANNING SP DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.52.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.52.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.52.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.52.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.52.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.52.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.52.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.52.080 - Height limits.
- 19.52.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.52.100 - Parking.
- 19.52.110 - Signs.
- 19.52.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.52.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
- 19.52.140 - Site development plan review application—Contents.
- 19.52.150 - Development standards and conditions.
- 19.52.160 - Adoption by ordinance.
- 19.52.170 - Time limit on development approval.
- 19.52.180 - Minor plan modifications.
CHAPTER 19
53 - PLATTED LANDS PL DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.53.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.53.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.53.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.53.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.53.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.53.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.53.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.53.080 - Height limits.
- 19.53.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.53.100 - Parking.
- 19.53.110 - Signs.
- 19.53.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.53.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
54 - LOT SIZE COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.54.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.54.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.54.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.54.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.54.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.54.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.54.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.54.080 - Height limits.
- 19.54.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.54.100 - Parking.
- 19.54.110 - Signs.
- 19.54.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.54.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
56 - PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PD COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.56.010 - Purposes and application.
- 19.56.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.56.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.56.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.56.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.56.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.56.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.56.080 - Height limits.
- 19.56.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.56.100 - Parking.
- 19.56.110 - Signs.
- 19.56.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.56.130 - Site development plan review—Required.
- 19.56.140 - Site development plan review—Application—Contents.
- 19.56.150 - Basis for approval.
- 19.56.170 - Time limit on development approval.
- 19.56.180 - Temporary uses.
- 19.56.190 - Minor plan modifications.
- 19.56.200 - Permit revocation and modifications.
CHAPTER 19
58 - CLUSTER CL COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.58.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.58.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.58.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.58.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.58.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.58.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.58.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.58.080 - Height limits.
- 19.58.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.58.100 - Parking.
- 19.58.110 - Signs.
- 19.58.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.58.130 - Site development plan review—Required.
- 19.58.140 - Site development plan review—Application—Contents.
- 19.58.150 - Development standards and conditions.
- 19.58.160 - Time limit on development approval.
- 19.58.170 - Minor plan modifications.
- 19.58.180 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
60 - RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN RS COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.60.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.60.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.60.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.60.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.60.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.60.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.60.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.60.080 - Height limits.
- 19.60.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.60.100 - Parking.
- 19.60.110 - Signs.
- 19.60.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.60.130 - Temporary animal permit—Required when.
- 19.60.140 - Temporary animal permit—Application—Contents.
- 19.60.150 - Development standards and conditions.
- 19.60.160 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
61 - RURAL LIVING RL COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.61.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.61.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.61.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.61.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.61.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.61.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.61.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.61.080 - Height limits.
- 19.61.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.61.100 - Parking.
- 19.61.110 - Signs.
- 19.61.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.61.130 - Development standards and conditions.
CHAPTER 19
62 - MOBILEHOME MH COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.62.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.62.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.62.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.62.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.62.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.62.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.62.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.62.080 - Height limits.
- 19.62.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.62.100 - Parking.
- 19.62.110 - Signs.
- 19.62.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.62.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
64 - WIND ENERGY WE COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.64.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.64.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.64.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.64.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.64.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.64.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.64.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.64.080 - Height limits.
- 19.64.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.64.100 - Parking.
- 19.64.110 - Signs.
- 19.64.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.64.130 - Detailed plot plan required—Contents.
- 19.64.140 - Development standards and conditions.
- 19.64.150 - Wind turbine maintenance and abandonment.
- 19.64.160 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
66 - PETROLEUM EXTRACTION PE COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.66.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.66.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.66.030 - Uses permitted by a conditional use permit.
- 19.66.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.66.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.66.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.66.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.66.080 - Height limits.
- 19.66.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.66.100 - Parking.
- 19.66.110 - Signs.
- 19.66.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.66.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
68 - GEOLOGIC HAZARD GH COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.68.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.68.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.68.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.68.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.68.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.68.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.68.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.68.080 - Height limits.
- 19.68.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.68.100 - Parking.
- 19.68.110 - Signs.
- 19.68.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.68.130 - Plot plan review—Required.
- 19.68.140 - Plot plan review—Application—Contents.
- 19.68.150 - Development standards and conditions.
CHAPTER 19
70 - FLOODPLAIN FP COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.70.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.70.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.70.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.70.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.70.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.70.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.70.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.70.080 - Height limits.
- 19.70.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.70.100 - Parking.
- 19.70.110 - Signs.
- 19.70.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.70.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
72 - FLOODPLAIN SECONDARY FPS COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.72.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.72.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.72.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.72.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.72.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.72.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.72.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.72.080 - Height limits.
- 19.72.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.72.100 - Parking.
- 19.72.110 - Signs.
- 19.72.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.72.130 - Special review procedures and development standards.
CHAPTER 19
73 - KERN RIVER CORRIDOR KRC COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.73.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.73.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.73.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.73.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.73.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.73.060 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.73.070 - Height limits.
- 19.73.080 - Signs.
- 19.73.090 - Landscaping.
- 19.73.100 - Kern River development permit—Required.
- 19.73.110 - Kern River development permit review—Contents.
- 19.73.120 - Development standards.
- 19.73.130 - Time limit on development approval.
- 19.73.140 - Minor plan modifications.
- 19.73.150 - Permit revocation and modifications.
CHAPTER 19
76 - AIRPORT APPROACH HEIGHT H COMBINING DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.76.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.76.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.76.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 19.76.040 - Prohibited uses.
- 19.76.050 - Minimum lot size.
- 19.76.060 - Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 19.76.070 - Yards and setbacks.
- 19.76.080 - Height limits.
- 19.76.090 - Minimum distance between structures.
- 19.76.100 - Parking.
- 19.76.110 - Signs.
- 19.76.120 - Landscaping.
- 19.76.125 - Design standards.
- 19.76.130 - Site development plan review—Required.
- 19.76.140 - Site development plan review—Application—Contents.
- 19.76.150 - Residential subdivision tract maps.
CHAPTER 19
80 - SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- 19.80.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.80.015 - Development standards—Single-family dwelling districts.
- 19.80.020 - Special development standards—Multifamily residential districts.
- 19.80.030 - Development and performance standards—Commercial and industrial districts.
- 19.80.040 - Plot plan review and approval—Required.
- 19.80.050 - Plot plan review—Contents.
- 19.80.060 - Soil stabilization—Maintenance of disturbed lands.
- 19.80.070 - Plot plan—Review and approval.
- 19.80.080 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
82 - OFF-STREET PARKING
Sections
- 19.82.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.82.020 - Required parking spaces.
- 19.82.030 - Parking space dimensions.
- 19.82.040 - Compact car and motorcycle parking.
- 19.82.050 - Handicapped parking.
- 19.82.060 - Off-street loading spaces.
- 19.82.070 - Location of parking.
- 19.82.080 - Joint use of parking areas.
- 19.82.090 - Parking area design and development standards.
- 19.82.100 - Off-street parking plot plan review—Required.
- 19.82.110 - Plot plan review—Application—Contents.
- 19.82.120 - Application review and approval.
- 19.82.130 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
84 - SIGNS
Sections
- 19.84.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.84.020 - Design and development standards—Monument signs.
- 19.84.030 - Design and development standards—Pole signs.
- 19.84.040 - Design and development standards—Signs attached to buildings.
- 19.84.050 - Design and development standards—Off-site advertising signs.
- 19.84.060 - Design and development standards—Temporary real estate signs.
- 19.84.070 - Design and development standards—Temporary subdivision signs.
- 19.84.080 - Design and development standards—Permanent subdivision area identification signs.
- 19.84.090 - Design and development standards—Temporary construction signs.
- 19.84.100 - Design and development standards—Temporary campaign signs.
- 19.84.110 - Design and development standards—Agricultural signs.
- 19.84.120 - Design and development standards—Agricultural industry signs.
- 19.84.130 - Design and development standards—Institutional identification signs.
- 19.84.135 - Design and development standards—Oilfield identification signs.
- 19.84.140 - Exempt signs.
- 19.84.150 - Prohibited signs.
- 19.84.160 - Computation of area.
- 19.84.170 - Special sign provisions.
- 19.84.180 - Nonconforming signs.
CHAPTER 19
86 - LANDSCAPING
Sections
- 19.86.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.86.020 - Landscaping standards—Generally.
- 19.86.025 - Landscaping standards—Single-family dwellings.
- 19.86.030 - Landscaping standards—Multifamily developments.
- 19.86.040 - Landscaping standards—Mobilehome parks.
- 19.86.050 - Landscaping standards—Commercial, institutional uses, parks and recreation.
- 19.86.060 - Landscaping standards—Industrial uses.
- 19.86.065 - Landscape and irrigation plan—Water efficient guidelines.
- 19.86.070 - Landscape and irrigation plan—Required.
- 19.86.080 - Landscape and irrigation plan—Review and approval.
- 19.86.090 - Landscaping installation—Timing.
CHAPTER 19
89 - ADULT BUSINESSES
Sections
CHAPTER 19
90 - ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS1
Sections
- 19.90.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.90.020 - Establishment.
- 19.90.030 - Development standards.
- 19.90.040 - Accessory dwelling unit plot plan review—Required.
- 19.90.050 - Plot plan review—Application—Contents.
- 19.90.060 - Plot plan review application—Review and approval.
- 19.90.070 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
92 - DENSITY BONUSES
Sections
CHAPTER 19
94 - HOME OCCUPATIONS
Sections
- 19.94.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.94.020 - Permitted home occupations.
- 19.94.030 - Home occupations not permitted.
- 19.94.040 - Minimum standards.
- 19.94.050 - Home occupation permit—Required.
- 19.94.060 - Home occupation permit—Application—Contents.
- 19.94.070 - Review and approval.
- 19.94.080 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
98 - OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION2
Sections
- 19.98.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.98.020 - Definitions of oil and gas production activities.
- 19.98.030 - Oil and gas production boundary area and tier areas.
- 19.98.040 - Oil and gas activities by ministerial permit.
- 19.98.050 - Oil and gas activities by conditional use permit.
- 19.98.060 - Implementation standards and conditions.
- 19.98.070 - Oil and gas conformity review and approval—Required.
- 19.98.080 - Oil and gas conformity review—Application contents (Tier 1).
- 19.98.085 - Oil and gas conformity review and conditional use permit—Application contents (Tiers 2—5).
- 19.98.090 - Oil and gas conformity review—With applicable surface owner signature.
- 19.98.100 - Oil and gas conformity review—Without required surface owner signature.
- 19.98.110 - Minor activity review—Application contents.
- 19.98.120 - Minor activity review.
- 19.98.130 - Self-certification.
- 19.98.140 - Inspection compliance.
- 19.98.145 - Idle wells.
- 19.98.150 - Plugged and abandoned.
- 19.98.160 - Permit revocation and modification.
CHAPTER 19
100 - SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS
Sections
- 19.100.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.100.020 - Permit—Reclamation plan—Required.
- 19.100.030 - Permit—Application—Contents.
- 19.100.035 - Operational authority.
- 19.100.040 - Development standards and conditions.
- 19.100.050 - Minor plan modifications.
- 19.100.060 - Inspection of operations.
- 19.100.065 - Idle mines—Interim management plans.
- 19.100.070 - Violation—Notice to correct.
- 19.100.080 - Failure to comply with notice—Permit review.
- 19.100.090 - Permit review—Actions by board.
- 19.100.100 - Administrative penalties.
- 19.100.110 - Security to guarantee reclamation.
- 19.100.120 - Permittee default—Performance by county.
- 19.100.130 - Successors in interest.
- 19.100.140 - Remedies not exclusive.
CHAPTER 19
102 - PERMIT PROCEDURES
Sections
- Article I. - General Provisions
- Article II. - Ministerial Permits Issued by the Planning Director
- Article III. - Discretionary Permit Decisions by the Planning Director
- Article IV. - Discretionary Permit Decisions by the Planning Commission
- Article V. - Discretionary Permit Decisions by the Board of Supervisors
CHAPTER 19
103 - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
Sections
- 19.103.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.103.020 - Minimum development size.
- 19.103.030 - Applications.
- 19.103.040 - Applicant qualifications.
- 19.103.050 - Review of application.
- 19.103.060 - Public hearings and notice.
- 19.103.070 - Board of supervisors action.
- 19.103.080 - Amendment or cancellation.
- 19.103.090 - Annual review.
- 19.103.100 - Rights of the parties after cancellation or termination.
- 19.103.110 - Miscellaneous provisions.
CHAPTER 19
108 - NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES AND LOTS
Sections
- 19.108.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.108.020 - Nonconforming structures.
- 19.108.030 - Nonconforming uses of structures.
- 19.108.040 - Nonconforming uses of land.
- 19.108.050 - Nonconforming lots.
- 19.108.060 - Nonconforming setbacks.
- 19.108.070 - Nonconforming signs.
- 19.108.080 - Determination of nonconforming status.
- 19.108.090 - Appeal.
CHAPTER 19
114 - ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
Sections
- 19.114.010 - Purpose and application.
- 19.114.020 - Validity and issuance of permits.
- 19.114.030 - Inspection.
- 19.114.040 - Complaints regarding violation.
- 19.114.050 - Noncompliance with permit conditions.
- 19.114.060 - Misdemeanor.
- 19.114.065 - Notice of zoning violation.
- 19.114.070 - Administrative penalties.
- 19.114.080 - Civil action.
- 19.114.090 - Abatement proceeding.
- 19.114.095 - Violations and compliance with standards and conditions.
- 19.114.100 - Recovery of costs.
CHAPTER 19
118 - REGULATION OF TRANSPORT OR TRANSFERS OF NATIVE GROUNDWATER OUTSIDE KERN COUNTY AND ITS WATERSHEDS, INCLUDING THOSE THROUGH JOINT USE OF CAPACITY IN AND SALES TO OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF WATER CONVEYANCE FACILITIES
Sections
- 19.118.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 19.118.020 - Scope.
- 19.118.030 - Conditional use permit requirement.
- 19.118.040 - Application processing and fees.
- 19.118.050 - Required findings.
- 19.118.060 - Monitoring and reporting.
- 19.118.070 - Modifications and revocation.
- 19.118.080 - Severability.
- 19.118.090 - Civil penalty.