Chapter 19.04 — DEFINITIONS
Kern County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Kern County
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.¶
19.04.198 - Decision-making authority.¶
19.04.201 - Dedication.¶
19.04.204 - Density.¶
19.04.207 - Density bonus.¶
19.04.210 - Designated urban area.¶
19.04.213 - Development.¶
19.04.216 - Discretionary decision.¶
19.04.219 - Disposal of nonhazardous oilfield liquid waste and production water.¶
19.04.222 - District attorney.¶
19.04.225 - Domestic agriculture.¶
19.04.228 - Double frontage lot.¶
19.04.231 - Duplex.¶
19.04.234 - Dwelling.¶
19.04.237 - Dwelling, multifamily.¶
19.04.240 - Dwelling, single-family.¶
19.04.243 - Dwelling unit.¶
19.04.244 - Dwelling unit, accessory.¶
19.04.246 - Easement.¶
19.04.248 - Eighty acres.¶
19.04.249 - Emergency shelter.¶
19.04.250 - Equestrian establishment.¶
19.04.251 - Equestrian services.¶
19.04.252 - Exterior noise level.¶
19.04.255 - Family.¶
19.04.258 - Farmers market.¶
19.04.261 - Farm labor housing, contract labor.¶
19.04.264 - Farm labor housing, on-site employee.¶
19.04.267 - Fast-food restaurant.¶
19.04.270 - Fence.¶
19.04.271 - Festival.¶
19.04.273 - Five acres.¶
19.04.276 - Flood—Flooding.¶
19.04.279 - Flood Boundary Floodway Map (FBFM).¶
19.04.282 - Flood-control structure.¶
19.04.285 - Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).¶
19.04.288 - Flood, original zoning.¶
19.04.291 - Floodplain.¶
19.04.294 - Floodway—Designated floodway.¶
19.04.297 - Forty acres.¶
19.04.300 - Fruit stand.¶
19.04.303 - Funeral home.¶
19.04.306 - Garage.¶
19.04.309 - General plan.¶
19.04.312 - Glucose processing.¶
19.04.315 - Grade.¶
19.04.318 - Groundwater recharge facilities.¶
19.04.321 - Group care facility.¶
19.04.323 - Guest quarters.¶
19.04.324 - Guest ranch.¶
19.04.327 - Habitable structure.¶
19.04.330 - Hazardous waste.¶
19.04.331 - Heavy equipment.¶
19.04.333 - Hedge.¶
19.04.336 - Height.¶
19.04.339 - Herbicide.¶
19.04.342 - Hog ranch or farm.¶
19.04.345 - Home occupation.¶
19.04.348 - Horticultural.¶
19.04.351 - Hospital.¶
19.04.354 - Hotel.¶
19.04.357 - Hunting club.¶
19.04.360 - Impulsive noise.¶
19.04.363 - Infrasound.¶
19.04.364 - Inoperative vehicle.¶
19.04.366 - Kennel.¶
19.04.369 - Kitchen.¶
19.04.372 - Land use.¶
19.04.375 - Laundromat.¶
19.04.377 - Light machining.¶
19.04.378 - Livestock.¶
19.04.381 - Livestock feedlot.¶
19.04.384 - Living area.¶
19.04.386 - Lodge.¶
19.04.387 - Lot.¶
19.04.390 - Lot area.¶
19.04.393 - Lot area, minimum.¶
19.04.394 - Lot area, net.¶
19.04.396 - Lot, corner.¶
19.04.399 - Lot coverage.¶
19.04.402 - Lot depth.¶
19.04.405 - Lot, flag.¶
19.04.408 - Lot frontage.¶
19.04.411 - Lot, interior.¶
19.04.414 - Lot, key.¶
19.04.417 - Lot line.¶
19.04.420 - Lot line, front.¶
19.04.423 - Lot line, rear.¶
19.04.426 - Lot line, side.¶
19.04.429 - Lot, reversed corner.¶
19.04.432 - Lot, through.¶
19.04.435 - Lot width.¶
19.04.438 - Low frequency noise.¶
19.04.441 - Lower income households.¶
19.04.444 - Main building.¶
19.04.447 - Major highway.¶
19.04.448 - Manufactured home.¶
19.04.450 - Mausoleum.¶
19.04.451 - Medical waste treatment facility.¶
19.04.452 - Meteorological (MET) tower.¶
19.04.453 - Mineral exploration.¶
19.04.456 - Minimum distance between buildings.¶
19.04.459 - Ministerial decision.¶
19.04.462 - Mini-warehouse.¶
19.04.465 - Minor plan modification.¶
19.04.468 - Mobilehome.¶
19.04.471 - Mobilehome accessory structure.¶
19.04.474 - Mobilehome park.¶
19.04.477 - Modular home.¶
19.04.480 - Mortuary.¶
19.04.483 - Motel.¶
19.04.486 - Mudslide.¶
19.04.489 - Mudslide area—Mudslide-prone area.¶
19.04.492 - Nature or wildlife preserve.¶
19.04.495 - Neighborhood.¶
19.04.497 - Noncommercial livestock feed storage.¶
19.04.498 - Nonconforming building.¶
19.04.501 - Nonconforming lot.¶
19.04.504 - Nonconforming use.¶
19.04.507 - Nuisance.¶
19.04.510 - Occupancy—Occupied.¶
19.04.513 - Official plan line.¶
19.04.516 - Off-site.¶
19.04.519 - Off-street parking.¶
19.04.522 - Oilfield.¶
19.04.525 - Oil or gas exploration by scientific means.¶
19.04.528 - One ownership.¶
19.04.531 - One-third octave.¶
19.04.534 - On-site day care center.¶
19.04.537 - Open space.¶
19.04.540 - Parcel.¶
19.04.543 - Park.¶
19.04.546 - Parking area.¶
19.04.549 - Permanent storage.¶
19.04.552 - Permit.¶
19.04.555 - Permitted use.¶
19.04.558 - Person.¶
19.04.561 - Persons and families of low or moderate income.¶
19.04.564 - Pesticide.¶
19.04.565 - Pet or animal cemetery.¶
19.04.566 - Pigeons.¶
19.04.567 - Planning commission.¶
19.04.568 - Planning director.¶
19.04.569 - Plant nursery.¶
19.04.570 - Plot.¶
19.04.573 - Plot plan.¶
19.04.576 - Poultry ranch.¶
19.04.579 - Preschool.¶
19.04.582 - Principal dwelling.¶
19.04.585 - Principal use.¶
19.04.588 - Prohibited use.¶
19.04.591 - Property line.¶
19.04.594 - Public hearing.¶
19.04.595 - Public transit stop.¶
19.04.597 - Engineering and survey services department.¶
19.04.600 - Engineering and survey services director.¶
19.04.603 - Pure tone.¶
19.04.606 - Quadruplex.¶
19.04.609 - Recharge facilities.¶
19.04.611 - Recreational skiing or boating.¶
19.04.612 - Recreational vehicle.¶
19.04.615 - Recreational vehicle park.¶
19.04.616 - Recyclable materials, collection and storage.¶
19.04.618 - Rehabilitation.¶
19.04.619 - Rehabilitation facility.¶
19.04.621 - Residence.¶
19.04.624 - Residential accessory structures.¶
19.04.626 - Residential facility.¶
19.04.627 - Residential hotel.¶
19.04.630 - Rest home.¶
19.04.633 - Retail services.¶
19.04.634 - Retirement home.¶
19.04.636 - Rezone.¶
19.04.639 - Right-of-way.¶
19.04.642 - Road.¶
19.04.645 - Roof.¶
19.04.648 - Roominghouse.¶
19.04.651 - Sanitary landfill.¶
19.04.652 - Salvage or junk yard.¶
19.04.654 - School.¶
19.04.657 - Secondary highway.¶
19.04.660 - Reserved.¶
19.04.663 - Septage disposal site.¶
19.04.666 - Services, commercial.¶
19.04.669 - Setback.¶
19.04.672 - Sewage collection and disposal system.¶
19.04.675 - Sewage disposal system.¶
19.04.678 - Sewage treatment plant.¶
19.04.681 - Sidewalk.¶
19.04.684 - Sign.¶
19.04.687 - Sign, agricultural.¶
19.04.690 - Sign, agricultural industry.¶
19.04.693 - Sign, animated or moving.¶
19.04.696 - Sign area.¶
19.04.699 - Sign, billboard.¶
19.04.702 - Sign, directional.¶
19.04.705 - Sign face.¶
19.04.708 - Sign, flashing.¶
19.04.711 - Sign, freestanding.¶
19.04.714 - Sign, governmental.¶
19.04.717 - Sign, identification.¶
19.04.720 - Sign, illuminated.¶
19.04.723 - Sign, monument.¶
19.04.726 - Sign, nameplate.¶
19.04.729 - Sign, off-site.¶
19.04.732 - Sign, on-site informational.¶
19.04.735 - Sign, pole.¶
19.04.738 - Sign, political, religious or civic campaign.¶
19.04.741 - Sign, portable.¶
19.04.744 - Sign, real estate.¶
19.04.747 - Sign, temporary.¶
19.04.750 - Sign, temporary construction.¶
19.04.753 - Sign, temporary subdivision.¶
19.04.756 - Sign, wall.¶
19.04.759 - Sign, warning.¶
19.04.762 - Sign, wind.¶
19.04.765 - Sign, window.¶
19.04.768 - Site.¶
19.04.771 - Site development plan.¶
19.04.774 - Small fowl.¶
19.04.775 - Small wind energy system.¶
19.04.777 - Soffit.¶
19.04.780 - Solid waste.¶
19.04.783 - Specific plan line.¶
19.04.786 - Start of construction.¶
19.04.789 - Stockyard.¶
19.04.792 - Story.¶
19.04.795 - Story, half.¶
19.04.798 - Stream.¶
19.04.801 - Street, cul-de-sac.¶
19.04.804 - Street, local.¶
19.04.807 - Street, private.¶
19.04.810 - Street, public.¶
19.04.813 - Structural floor.¶
19.04.816 - Structure.¶
19.04.819 - Subdivision.¶
19.04.820 - Substantial improvement.¶
19.04.822 - Supportive housing.¶
19.04.823 - Surface mining operation.¶
19.04.824 - Temporary event.¶
19.04.825 - Temporary structure.¶
19.04.828 - Temporary use.¶
19.04.831 - Ten acres.¶
19.04.834 - Townhouse.¶
19.04.837 - Trailer.¶
19.04.840 - Trailer court.¶
19.04.843 - Transfer/processing station.¶
19.04.846 - Transfer station, large volume.¶
19.04.849 - Transfer station, small volume.¶
19.04.850 - Transitional housing.¶
19.04.852 - Travel trailer.¶
19.04.855 - Travel trailer park.¶
19.04.858 - Triplex.¶
19.04.861 - Truck repair.¶
19.04.864 - Twenty acres.¶
19.04.867 - Two and one-half acres.¶
19.04.870 - Two-family dwelling or duplex.¶
19.04.873 - Use.¶
19.04.876 - Variance.¶
19.04.877 - Vehicle.¶
19.04.878 - Vehicle wrecking yard.¶
19.04.879 - Violations.¶
19.04.880 - Washroom.¶
19.04.882 - Watercourse.¶
19.04.885 - Water injection well.¶
19.04.888 - Water system, large.¶
19.04.891 - Water system, small.¶
19.04.894 - Water treatment plant.¶
19.04.896 - Wholesale nursery.¶
19.04.897 - Wild animal keeping.¶
19.04.900 - Wind-driven electrical generators, experimental.¶
19.04.903 - Wind-driven electrical generators, production.¶
19.04.906 - Wind-driven electrical generators, prototype.¶
19.04.907 - Winery, rough.¶
19.04.909 - Yard.¶
19.04.912 - Yard, front.¶
19.04.915 - Yard, impound.¶
19.04.918 - Yard, junk.¶
19.04.921 - Yard, rear.¶
19.04.924 - Yard, side.¶
19.04.927 - Zone modification.¶
19.04.930 - Zoning.¶
19.04.933 - Zoning district.¶
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