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Title 17 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

Chapter 17.08 — BUILDING CODE

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

17.08.010 - Short title.

17.08.020 - Applicability.

17.08.030 - California Building Code—Adopted.

17.08.040 - California Building Code—Provisions not adopted.

17.08.050 - California Building Code—Amendments—General.

17.08.051 - Section 101.4.3 amended—Plumbing.

17.08.052 - Section 102.2.1 added—Flood.

17.08.060 - Section 105.2 amended—Work exempt from permit.

17.08.070 - Section 107.3.1 amended—Approval of construction documents.

17.08.080 - Section 110.3.3 amended—Lowest floor elevation.

17.08.090 - Section 110.3.6 amended—Lath, gypsum board and gypsum panel product inspection.

17.08.100 - Section 110.5.1 added—Inspection record card.

17.08.110 - Section 406.3.2.1 amended—Dwelling unit separation.

17.08.120 - Reserved.

17.08.130 - Reserved.

17.08.140 - Reserved.

17.08.150 - Reserved.

17.08.160 - Section 802.4 amended—Applicability.

17.08.170 - Section 903.2.1 amended—Group A.

17.08.180 - Section 903.2.1.1 amended—Groups A-1, A-3, and A-4.

17.08.190 - Reserved.

17.08.200 - Section 903.2.1.3 deleted—Group A-3.

17.08.210 - Section 903.2.1.4 deleted—Group A-4.

17.08.220 - Section 903.2.2.1 added—Group B.

17.08.230 - Section 903.2.3 amended—Group E.

17.08.240 - Section 903.2.4 amended—Group F.

17.08.250 - Section 903.2.7 amended—Group M.

17.08.252 - Section 903.2.8.5 added—Manufactured Homes.

17.08.255 - Reserved.

17.08.260 - Section 903.2.9 amended—Group S-1.

17.08.270 - Section 903.2.9.1 amend repair garages.

17.08.280 - Section 903.2.10 amended—Group S-2.

17.08.290 - Section 903.2.11.3 amended—Multi-story buildings and buildings 55 feet or more in height.

17.08.300 - Section 903.3.1.2.3 amended—Attics.

17.08.310 - Section 903.3.10 added—Fire sprinkler control room.

17.08.320 - Section 903.6 added—Existing buildings.

17.08.321 - Section 905.5.3 deleted—Class II system 1-inch hose.

17.08.325 - Section 907.2.1 amended—Group A.

17.08.326 - Section 907.2.8.1 amended—Manual fire alarm systems.

17.08.327 - Section 907.2.9.1 amended—Manual fire alarm systems.

17.08.330 - Section 907.9 added—Fire alarm control room.

17.08.335 - Reserved.

17.08.340 - Section 1202.4.4 amended—Flood hazard areas.

17.08.350 - Section 1402.6 amended—Flood resistance.

1402.6 Flood resistance.

17.08.360 - Reserved.

17.08.370 - Reserved.

17.08.371 - Section 1512.1 amended—General.

17.08.380 - Section 1603.1 amended—General.

17.08.390 - Section 1603.1.7 amended—Flood design data.

17.08.400 - Table 1607.1 amended—Minimum uniformly distributed live loads and minimum…

17.08.410 - Section 1608.2 amended—Ground snow loads.

17.08.420 - Section 1609.3 amended—Basic design wind speed.

17.08.430 - Chapter 16, Figure 1609D added—Kern County basic design wind speed, V, mph.

17.08.440 - Section 1612 amended—Flood loads.

17.08.450 - Section 1704.2.5.1 amended—Fabricator approval.

17.08.460 - Section 1705.6 amended—Soils.

17.08.465 - Section 1705.7 amended—Driven deep foundations.

17.08.470 - Reserved.

17.08.480 - Section 1704.6 amended—Structural observations.

1704.6 Structural observations.

17.08.490 - Reserved.

17.08.500 - Section 1804.4 amended—Site grading.

1804.4 Site grading.

17.08.510 - Section 1804.5 amended—Grading and fill in flood hazard areas.

1804.5 Grading and fill in flood hazard areas.

17.08.520 - Section 1805.1.2.1 amended—Flood hazard areas.

17.08.530 - Section 1807.1.4 amended—Permanent wood foundation systems.

17.08.540 - Section 1807.1.6 amended—Prescriptive design of concrete and masonry foundation walls.

17.08.550 - Section 1809.7 amended—Prescriptive footings for light-frame construction.

17.08.560 - Table 1809.7 amended—Prescriptive footings supporting walls of light frame construction.

17.08.580 - Section 2304.12.2.8 amended—Wood used in retaining walls and cribs.

17.08.590 - Section 3001.3 amended—Reference standards.

3001.3 Reference standards.

17.08.592 - Section 3109.1 amended—General.

3109.1 General.

17.08.594 - Section 3109.3 added—Protection from adjacent properties.

3109.3 Protection from adjacent properties.

17.08.596 - Section 3109.4 added—Pool design and construction.

3904.4 Pool design and construction.

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