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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