Chapter 18.70 — DEFINITIONS
Kern County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Kern County
18.70.005 - Construction.¶
18.70.006 - Abut.¶
18.70.009 - Access, approved.¶
18.70.012 - Access, legal.¶
18.70.015 - Access, off-site.¶
18.70.018 - Access, on-site.¶
18.70.021 - Access, required.¶
18.70.024 - Access road.¶
18.70.027 - Acre.¶
18.70.030 - Advisory agency.¶
18.70.033 - Aliquot.¶
18.70.036 - Alley.¶
18.70.039 - Authorized representative.¶
18.70.042 - Base flood.¶
18.70.045 - Bicycle trail/path/lane.¶
18.70.048 - Block.¶
18.70.051 - Block length.¶
18.70.054 - Board of supervisors (board).¶
18.70.057 - Bridge.¶
18.70.060 - Building.¶
18.70.063 - Centerline, legal.¶
18.70.066 - Civil engineer.¶
18.70.069 - Committee.¶
18.70.072 - Common area.¶
18.70.075 - Common property line.¶
18.70.078 - Condominium.¶
18.70.081 - Construction.¶
18.70.084 - Contiguous.¶
18.70.087 - Conversion.¶
18.70.090 - County.¶
18.70.093 - County official.¶
18.70.099 - County surveyor.¶
18.70.102 - Cul-de-sac.¶
18.70.105 - Dedication (or offer of dedication).¶
18.70.108 - Density.¶
18.70.111 - Design.¶
18.70.112 - Design sample.¶
18.70.114 - Designated urban area.¶
18.70.117 - Development.¶
18.70.120 - Development standards.¶
18.70.121 - Development variation.¶
18.70.123 - Planning director.¶
18.70.126 - District attorney.¶
18.70.129 - Double-frontage lot.¶
18.70.132 - Dwelling unit.¶
18.70.135 - Easement.¶
18.70.138 - Eighty acres.¶
18.70.139 - Engineering and survey services department.¶
17.70.140 - Engineering and survey services—Director.¶
18.70.141 - Environmental document.¶
18.70.144 - Equestrian trail.¶
18.70.147 - Fence (or wall).¶
18.70.150 - Fire chief.¶
18.70.153 - Fire protection facilities.¶
18.70.156 - Final map.¶
18.70.159 - Five acres.¶
18.70.162 - Flood or flooding.¶
18.70.165 - Flood Boundary Floodway Map (FBFM).¶
18.70.168 - Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).¶
18.70.171 - Floodplain.¶
18.70.174 - Floodway or designated floodway.¶
18.70.177 - Forty acres.¶
18.70.180 - Frontage road.¶
18.70.183 - General plan.¶
18.70.186 - Health officer.¶
18.70.189 - Improvement.¶
18.70.192 - Land use.¶
18.70.193 - Limited design variation.¶
18.70.194 - Limited exception.¶
18.70.195 - Local facility.¶
18.70.198 - Lot (or parcel).¶
18.70.201 - Lot or parcel area, gross.¶
18.70.204 - Lot or parcel area, minimum.¶
18.70.207 - Lot or parcel area, net.¶
18.70.210 - Lot or parcel, corner.¶
18.70.213 - Lot or parcel depth.¶
18.70.216 - Lot, flag.¶
18.70.219 - Lot frontage.¶
18.70.222 - Lot, interior.¶
18.70.225 - Lot, key.¶
18.70.228 - Lot line adjustment.¶
18.70.231 - Lot, panhandle.¶
18.70.234 - Lot or parcel line.¶
18.70.237 - Lot or parcel line, front.¶
18.70.240 - Lot or parcel line, rear.¶
18.70.243 - Lot or parcel line, side.¶
18.70.246 - Lot, reversed corner.¶
18.70.249 - Lot, through.¶
18.70.252 - Lot width.¶
18.70.255 - Major (arterial) highway.¶
18.70.258 - Map.¶
18.70.261 - Merger.¶
18.70.262 - Minor land division.¶
18.70.264 - Nonconforming lot.¶
18.70.267 - Obstruction.¶
18.70.270 - Occupancy or occupied.¶
18.70.273 - Off site.¶
18.70.276 - Official plan line.¶
18.70.279 - Open space.¶
18.70.282 - Parcel.¶
18.70.285 - Parcel map.¶
18.70.288 - Park.¶
18.70.291 - Pedestrian way.¶
18.70.294 - Permit.¶
18.70.297 - Person.¶
18.70.298 - Planning commission.¶
18.70.300 - Plot plan.¶
18.70.303 - Principal use.¶
18.70.306 - Property line.¶
18.70.309 - Public hearing.¶
18.70.318 - Record drawings.¶
18.70.321 - Remainder.¶
18.70.324 - Right-of-way.¶
18.70.327 - Road.¶
18.70.328 - Roads department.¶
18.70.330 - Secondary (collector) highway.¶
18.70.333 - Sheriff.¶
18.70.336 - Sidewalk.¶
18.70.339 - Soil report.¶
18.70.342 - Specific plan.¶
18.70.345 - Specific plan line.¶
18.70.348 - Start of construction.¶
18.70.351 - Street, cul-de-sac.¶
18.70.354 - Street, future.¶
18.70.357 - Street, local.¶
18.70.360 - Street, looped.¶
18.70.363 - Street, one-way.¶
18.70.366 - Street, public.¶
18.70.369 - Street, private.¶
18.70.372 - Street, stubbed.¶
18.70.375 - Structure.¶
18.70.378 - Study map.¶
18.70.381 - Subdivider.¶
18.70.384 - Subdivision.¶
18.70.387 - Subdivision Map Act (SMA or Map Act).¶
18.70.390 - Surveyor.¶
18.70.393 - Ten acres.¶
18.70.396 - Tentative map.¶
18.70.398 - Tract map.¶
18.70.399 - Twenty acres.¶
18.70.402 - Two and one-half acres.¶
18.70.405 - Uniform Fire Code.¶
18.70.408 - Use.¶
18.70.411 - Variation.¶
18.70.414 - Vesting tentative map.¶
18.70.417 - Watercourse.¶
18.70.420 - Water purveyor.¶
18.70.423 - Yard.¶
18.70.426 - Zoning.¶
18.70.429 - Zoning district.¶
18.70.432 - Zoning ordinance.¶
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