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Kern County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

19.34.020

Permitted uses.

The following uses and all others determined to be similar to these uses pursuant to Sections 19.08.030 through 19.08.080 of this title are permitted in the CH district in accordance with the standards and procedures set out in Chapter 19.80 of this title:

A.

Residential Uses.

— Bed and breakfast inn

— Dwelling unit located entirely above the ground floor of a commercial building as specified in Section 19.34.130(C)

— Emergency shelter

— Manager, caretaker or proprietor quarters

— Supportive or transitional housing, including rehabilitation facilities;

B.

Recreation, Entertainment and Tourist Facilities.

— Health club

— Hotel or motel

— Movie theater, walk-in

— Tennis and swim club;

C.

Commercial Uses.

1.

Offices:

— Business and professional

— Real estate,

2.

General Retail Sales:

— Antiques, with no outside storage or displays

— Auto, new or used

— Auto tire, including service

— Bait and tackle shop

— Bicycle, including rental, service, and repair

— Boat sales

— Drugs and pharmaceuticals

— Fireworks stand, temporary

— Gift and card

— Gun sales, including repair, when accessory to a permitted use

— Ice vending machine

— Locksmith or key and lock shop

— Mobilehomes, including rental and service

— Motorcycles, including service and repair

— Photographic supply or camera

— Recreational vehicles, including service

— Ticket agency

— Variety

— Video and audio tape sales and rentals,

3.

Food and Beverage Retail Sales:

— Convenience market

— Drive-in food market or dairy

— Food store

— Liquor store

— Specialized, including meat, vegetables, health food, or candy,

4.

Eating and Drinking Establishments:

— Bar, tavern, or cocktail lounge

— Restaurant, cafe, or coffee shop

— Restaurant, fast-food,

5.

Services:

— Ambulance

— Auto rental

— Auto service or repair

— Auto service station, large

— Auto service station, small

— Auto towing

— Auto wash

— Auto wash, self-service

— Barber or beauty shop

— Packaging and mailing services

— Shoe-shine stand

— Smog inspection station

— Tattoo parlor and body piercing

— Telegraph

— Travel agency

— Truck fueling station, without repair facilities;

D.

Transportation Facilities.

— Auto parking garage or lot;

E.

Institutional Uses.

— Church

— Fire or police station

— Public agency or utility buildings and facilities;

F.

Resource Extraction and Energy Development Uses.

— Solar energy electrical generators which are accessory to a permitted or conditionally permitted use and where the power generated does not exceed the total on-site power demand

— Wind-driven electrical generator with a rated capacity of no greater than fifteen (15) kilowatts for on-site consumption of the electricity, provided the system can be safely erected and maintained in view of surrounding circumstances and conditions;

G.

Utility and Communication Facility.

— Small wind energy system, pursuant to Section 19.08.415

— Transmission lines and supporting towers, poles, pipelines and underground facilities for gas, water, electricity, telephone or telegraph service owned and operated by a public utility company under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Section 19.08.090 of this title;

H.

Miscellaneous Uses.

— Commercial coach, temporary, not exceeding six (6) months

— Community garden pursuant to Section 19.34.130 of this chapter

— Construction trailer, temporary, during construction activity only

— Day-care center, without extended overnight services

— Drainage sump, if proposed and approved as part of a tentative subdivision map or tentative parcel map, or if accessory to a permitted use

— Water system, small or large.

(Ord. G-7482 § 50, 2007; Ord. G-6968 § 31, 2003; Ord. G-6641 § 17, 1999; Ord. G-6551 §§ 49, 50, 1998; Ord. G-6191 § 32, 1995; Ord. G-6077 §§ 151, 152, 1994; Ord. G-5966 § 63, 1993; Ord. G-5803 § 31, 1992; Ord. G-5684 §§ 51, 52, 1991; Ord. G-4832 § 108, 1988; prior code § 7070.02)

(Ord. No. G-7821, § 48, 1-27-09; Ord. No. G-8226, §§ 48, 49, 11-8-11)