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Title 19 — ZONING

Chapter 19.08 — INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL STANDARDS

Kern County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Kern County

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)…

19.08.480 - Beverage container recycling (CRV) collection center.

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