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Title 17 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

Chapter 17.32 — FIRE CODE

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

17.32.001 - California Fire Code—Adopted.

17.32.005 - Section 101.1 amended—Title.

17.32.010 - Section 103.1 amended—Creation of Agency.

17.32.015 - Section 103.2 amended—Appointment.

17.32.020 - Section 103.3 amended—Fire personnel and police.

17.32.025 - Section 105.1.1 amended—Permits required.

17.32.030 - Section 105.5 amended—Required operational permits.

17.32.035 - Section 105.6 amended—Required construction permits.

3.1. Individual canopies shall have a maximum size of 700 square feet (65 m 2 ).

3.2.

3.3.

17.32.040 - Section 108.2.1 amended—Inspection Requests.

17.32.045 - Section 111.1 amended—Board of Appeals established.

17.32.050 - Section 112.4 amended—Violation penalties.

17.32.055 - Social Host Liability—Fireworks.

17.32.060 - Section 113.4 amended—Failure to comply.

17.32.065 - Section 202 amended—General definitions.

17.32.070 - Section 305.6 added—Hazardous environmental conditions.

17.32.075 - Section 324 added—Cannabis operations.

17.32.080 - Section 401.3 amended—Emergency responder notification.

17.32.085 - Section 403 amended—Emergency preparedness requirements.

17.32.090 - Section 503.1.1 amended—Buildings and facilities.

1.1.

1.2.

1.3. There are not more than two Group R-3 or Group U occupancies.

17.32.095 - Section 503.2.1 amended—Dimensions.

17.32.100 - Section 503.4 amended—Obstruction of fire apparatus access roads.

17.32.105 - Section 507 amended—Fire protection water supplies.

17.32.110 - Appendix D Section D103.6 amended—Fire lanes.

17.32.115 - Section 703.1.1 added—Maintenance.

17.32.120 - Section 806.1.1 amended—Restricted occupancies.

17.32.125 - Section 903.2.1 amended—Group A.

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

17.32.135 - Section 903.2.1.3 deleted—Group A-3.

17.32.140 - Section 903.2.1.4 deleted—Group A-4.

17.08.145 - Section 903.2.2.1 added—Group B.

17.32.150 - Section 903.2.3 amended—Group E.

17.32.155 - Section 903.2.4 amended—Group F.

17.32.160 - Section 903.2.7 amended—Group M.

17.32.165 - Section 903.2.8.5 added—Manufactured homes.

17.32.170 - Section 903.2.9 amended—Group S-1.

17.32.175 - Section 903.2.9.1 amended—Repair garages.

17.32.180 - Section 903.2.10 amended—Group S-2.

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

17.32.190 - Section 903.3.1.2.3 amended—Attics.

17.32.195 - Section 903.3.10 added—Fire sprinkler control room.

17.32.200 - Section 903.6 amended—Existing buildings.

17.32.205 - Section 905.5.3 deleted—Class II System 1-inch hose.

17.32.210 - Section 907.2.1 amended—Group A.

17.32.215 - Section 907.2.8.1 amended—Manual fire alarm system.

17.32.220 - Section 907.2.9.1 amended—Manual fire alarm system.

17.32.225 - Section 907.11 added—Fire alarm control room.

17.32.230 - Chapter 11 amended—Construction requirements for existing buildings.

1103.9 — Carbon Monoxide Detection (adopting 1103.9.1).

1103.10 — Medical Gases

17.32.235 - Section 1201.1 amended—Scope.

1201.1 Scope.

17.32.240 - Chapter 26 deleted—Fumigation and insecticidal fogging.

17.32.245 - Section 3703.4 amended—Agricultural products.

3703.4 Agricultural Products.

17.32.250 - Chapter 39 amended—Cannabis cultivation, processing and extraction facilities.

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