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Kern County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 19

74 - SCENIC CORRIDOR SC COMBINING DISTRICT

19.74.010 - Purpose and application.

The purpose of the Scenic Corridor (SC) combining district is to designate areas which contain unique visual and scenic resources as viewed from a major highway or freeway wherein the siting of off-site advertising signs needs to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to safeguard the scenic qualities of the natural environment and the visual qualities of primary entranceways into the county. The regulations established by the SC district shall be in addition to the regulations of the base commercial or industrial zoning district with which the SC district is combined.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)

19.74.020 - Permitted uses.

Permitted uses in an SC district are those uses permitted by the base district with which the SC district is combined except for off-site advertising signs.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)

19.74.030 - Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.

A.

Off-site advertising signs;

B.

Uses permitted with a conditional use permit in the applicable base district with which the SC district is combined.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)

19.74.040 - Prohibited uses.

Prohibited uses in an SC district are those uses prohibited by the base district with which the SC district is combined.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)

19.74.050 - Minimum lot size.

Minimum lot size requirements in an SC district are per the requirements of the base district with which the SC district is combined.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)

19.74.060 - Yards and setbacks.

Yard and setback requirements in an SC district are per the requirements of the base district with which the SC district is combined.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)

19.74.070 - Signs.

Sign requirements in an SC district are per the requirements of the base district with which the SC district is combined and per the off-site advertising sign requirements specified in Section 19.84.050 of this chapter, except that more restrictive requirements may be imposed through the conditional use permit process pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)

19.74.080 - Special review procedures and development standards.

This chapter shall only apply to those areas where the board of supervisors has adopted an ordinance describing the legal boundaries of the SC district. In the creation of any SC district, the board of supervisors shall find that the proposed SC district is necessary to promote the public welfare by protecting sensitive view sheds from major highways and freeways from the unrestricted development of off-site advertising signs.

(Ord. G-6297 § 57 (part), 1996)