Sec. 114. General Performance Standards, Measurements, and Exceptions — Kings County Zoning Code

A. Substantially Injurious Conditions: No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the Zoning Administrator or the Planning Commission to be substantially injurious to persons, property, crops or livestock in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibrations, illumination, glare, or unsightliness or to involve any undue risk of fire or explosion.
1. Air Emissions: The operation of facilities shall not directly or indirectly discharge air contaminants into the atmosphere which exceeds any local, state, or federal air quality standards or which constitutes a nuisance within the meaning of Civil Code Section 3479. Sources of air pollution shall comply with rules identified by the Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Prior to any site grading, the property owner shall coordinate directly with the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to ensure that dust and particulate emissions are controlled to the maximum extent possible. For additional information on controlling fugitive dust emissions and to determine if a dust control plan is required for the work go to www.valleyair.org.
2. Combustibles and Explosives: The use, handling, storage, and transportation of combustibles and explosives shall

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comply with the Uniform Fire Code.

Electrical Interference: Uses, activities, and processes shall be conducted so as not to produce electric and/or magnetic fields that adversely affect public health, safety and welfare including interference with normal radio, telephone, or television reception from off the premises where the activity is conducted, except for amateur radio operations that comply with Federal Communication Commission regulations. Existing or proposed uses that generate electrical disturbances that may be considered hazardous or a nuisance shall be shielded, contained, or modified to prevent any disturbances. Operators of these uses shall comply with all applicable Federal Communication Commission regulations.
Ground Vibration: Uses that generate vibrations that may be considered a nuisance or hazard on any adjacent property shall be cushioned or isolated to prevent generation of vibrations. Uses shall not generate ground vibrations that are perceptible without instruments beyond the property line of the parcel containing the activity. Vibrations from temporary construction/demolition and vehicles that leave the subject parcel (e.g., trucks, trains, and aircraft) are exempt from the provisions of this Section.
Light and Glare: Light or glare from mechanical, electrical or chemical processes or from reflective materials used or stored on a site shall be shielded or modified to prevent emission of light or glare beyond the property line, or upward into the sky.
Liquid Waste: No liquids of any kind shall be discharge into a public or private sewage or drainage system, watercourse, body of water, or into the ground except in compliance with applicable regulations of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board.
1. Noise: Limitations on noise and requirements for noise mitigation are contained in the Noise Element of the 2035 Kings County General Plan .
8. Odor: Sources of odorous emissions shall comply with the rules and regulations of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the California Health and Safety Code. Noxious odorous emissions in a matter or quantity that is detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare is declared to be a public nuisance and unlawful. Customary and usual agricultural operations are exempted from this Section under the Kings County Right-to-Farm Ordinance, Section 14-38 of the Kings County Code of Ordinances.
1. Radioactivity: No radioactivity shall be emitted in a manner that does not comply with all applicable state and federal regulations.

B. Building Permit Required: No building or other structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, moved or structurally altered nor shall any site improvements be commenced, including construction related site grading, until a building permit has been applied for and received by the owner of the property involved or a person having an interest in such property and acting under written authority of the owner, and issued by the Building Official. No building permit shall be issued until the Planning Commission or the Zoning Administrator has approved the application for the use permit if so required.

C. Access to a Public Street, Road, or Highway Required:

No building or structure may be erected or moved onto a lot that is not served by a street or road constructed in accordance with the standards adopted by the Director of Public Works or to a state highway as permitted with the appropriate access permit issued by the California Department of Transportation.
Property owners of land locked parcels must be granted permanent easements by any other property owner(s) as necessary to gain access to a street, road or highway in order to construct the required durable dustless driveway. Such easement shall be recorded with the Kings County Clerks Office.
All new development projects shall be required to improve all access roads to the nearest maintained right-of-way.

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D. Setbacks: All setbacks listed in this Development Code are minimum requirements for the particular lot or parcel proposed for development.

Setback Requirements; measurement: Required setbacks shall be measured as the minimum horizontal distance from the property line of the site or street line to a line parallel thereto on the site, provided that where a precise street plan has been adopted by the Board of Supervisors, required setbacks shall be measured from the plan line, and no provision of this Development Code shall be construed to permit a structure or use to extend beyond such line; and provided further that where a site abuts on a street having only a portion of its required width dedicated or reserved for street purposes, required setbacks shall be measured from a line drawn on the boundary of the additional width required for street purposes abutting the site. On a site which is not rectangular or approximately rectangular in shape, required setbacks shall be measured in the manner prescribed by the Zoning Administrator.
1. Allowed Projections into Required Setbacks: Architectural features may extend into a required side rear or front setback in compliance with Table 1-1. No building or projection thereof may extend into a public utility easement.

Table 1-1Allowed Projections into Required Setbacks
Projecting Feature	Front Setback	Side Setback	Rear Setback
Awnings, solar shade devices, light shelves	2 feet but no closer than 3 feet to any property line or other structure
Sills, chimneys, cornices and eaves	6 feet	24 inches	6 feet
Support posts for open decks or porch covers which are otherwise unenclosed	6 feet	0 feet	6 feet
Rain barrels for the purpose of water harvesting	2 feet but no closer than 3 feet to any property line or other structure
Metal fire escapes which are open, unenclosed and uncovered	3 feet but no closer than 3 feet to any property line or other structure
Planter boxes attached to the building	3 feet	0 feet	0 feet
Double skin facades and exterior insulation retrofits	On structures which already meet the minimum setback, skin facades and exterior insulation retrofits installed for the purpose of energy conservation shall bepermitted to encroach on the minimum setback bynot more than one foot.

Limitations on the Use of Setbacks: Required setback areas shall only be used in compliance with the following requirements.
- a. Storage. No required setback visible from the public right-of-way shall be used for the storage of inoperable vehicles, scrap, junk, building materials, or similar material in compliance with the Public Nuisance Ordinance , Chapter 14, Kings County Code of Ordinances .
- b. Parking. Residential parking is allowable within required setback areas only on a paved surface, in compliance with Article 13 of this Development Code.
- c. Swimming Pool Equipment. Swimming pool equipment (e.g., pumps and filters) shall be located a minimum of five feet from side and rear property lines.

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E. Coverage; measurement: The percent of the site area covered by structures shall be measured by dividing the number of square feet of horizontal area covered by structures, open or enclosed, by the total horizontal area within the property lines of the site.
F. Height limitations; measurement: The height of a structure shall be measured vertically from the average elevation of the surface of the ground covered by the structure to the highest point of the structure.
G. Height limitations; exceptions: Towers, spires, cupolas, chimneys, water tanks, flagpoles, monuments, radio and television aerials, transmission towers, fire towers and similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances covering not more than 10 percent of the ground area covered by the structure may be erected to a height not more than 25 feet above the height limit prescribed by the regulations for the district in which the site is located. Public utility communication equipment buildings and utility poles and towers shall not be subject to the height limits prescribed in the district regulations.
H. The provisions of this Development Code shall not apply to a fence or wall necessary for the public safety as required by any law or regulation of the State of California or any agency thereof.
I. Existing Agricultural Operations: Existing agricultural operations shall be allowed to continue in designated community expansion areas until such time as development applications on property within the expansion areas have been approved by the County.

Sec. 115. Flood Hazard Reduction: Before any approval granted in compliance with this Development Code is effective, any compliance requirements with Chapter 5A (Flood Damage Prevention) of the Kings County Code of Ordinances must be completed or obtained. Refer to Article 10, Section 1007 of this development code for more information on the Flood Hazard Overlay Zones.

Sec. 116. Surface Mining and Reclamation Act: The provisions of this Development Code to implement the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 shall not be construed so as to apply to:

A. Excavations or grading conducted for the purpose of establishment or expansion of percolation basins, recharge basins, or similar uses, or conducted for farming or on-site construction, or for the purposes of restoring land following a flood or natural disaster
B. Prospecting for, or the extraction of, minerals for commercial purposes and the removal of overburden in total amounts of less than 1,000 cubic yards in any one location of one acre or less.
C. Surface mining operations that are required by federal law in order to protect a mining claim, if such operations are conducted solely for that purpose.
D. Such other surface mining operations which the California State Mining and Geology Board determines to be of an infrequent nature and which involve only minor surface disturbances.

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Article 2. Zoning Plan

Sections:

Sec. 201 - Adoption of Zoning Plan Sec. 202 - Official Zoning District Maps Sec. 203 - Same-Map Added

Sec. 201. Adoption of Zoning Plan: In order that comprehensive zoning regulations may be uniformly applied to all unincorporated territory with the adoption of this Development Code, an Official Zoning District Map is on file in the Kings County Community Development Agency office. The zoning plan divides the county into the separate zoning districts established by the Development Code text, consistent with the land use figures in the 2035 Kings County General Plan .

The zoning plan also maintains consistency with the four community plans and one specific plan adopted as part of or incorporated by reference in the General Plan. These include the Armona Community Plan, Home Garden Community Plan, Kettleman City Community Plan, Stratford Community Plan, and the Jackson Ranch Specific Plan.

Sec. 202. Official Zoning District Maps: The Official Zoning District Map shall be adopted in the manner provided for changing district boundaries as prescribed in Article 21 of this Development Code. Said adoption shall be recognized by the addition to this article of the Development Code Section by adopting said map and the filing of said map, properly attested, in the Community Development Agency office. The Official Zoning District Map shall be maintained electronically as Geographical Information System shape files by the Community Development Agency and shall be made available to the general public in a manner determined by the Director.

A. The Official Zoning District Map , together with all legends, symbols, notations, references, zoning district boundaries, and other information on the maps, have been adopted by the Board of Supervisors and are hereby incorporated into this Development Code by reference, together with any amendments, previously and hereafter adopted, as though they were fully included here.
B. Zoning District Symbols: The zoning districts shall be designated upon the Zoning District Map by use of the respective symbols used in Table 3-1 of Article 3 of this Development Code. Such symbols when used in this Development Code refer to their respective districts.

Sec. 203. Same-Map Added: District maps and the ordinance adding them, changing the above described zoning districts, are on file in the Kings County Community Development Agency office.

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Article 3. Establishment and Designation of Zoning Districts and Overlay Zones

Sections:

Sec. 301 - Zoning Districts Sec. 302 - District Boundaries Sec. 303 - Effect of District Regulations Sec. 304 - Land Use Designation Equivalency Sec. 305 - Overlay Zoning Districts Sec. 306 – Jackson Ranch Specific Plan

Sec. 301. Districts: The districts established by this Development Code are hereby designated as follows:

Table 3-1 Zoning Districts Pe
Symbol a	A Agricultural Districts – Article 4
AL-10 a es es	Limited Agricultural District-10 acre minimum site area
AG-20 es es es	General Agricultural District-20 acre minimum site area
AG-40 es es es	General Agricultural District-40 acre minimum site area
AX es es a	Exclusive Agricultural District-40 acre minimum site area
es a es	R Residential Districts – Article 5
RR a es es	Rural Residential 30,000 square feet minimum site area
R-1-20 es es es	Single-family- 20,000 square feet minimum site area
R-1-12 es es ee	Single-family- 12,000 square feet minimum site area
R-1-8 es ee es	Single-family- 8,000 square feet minimum site area
R-1-6 ee es es	Single-family- 6,000 square feet minimum site area
R-1-3 es es es	Single-family- 3,000 square feet minimum site area(assigned in Kettleman Cityonly)
RM-3 es es es	Multifamily- Low density3,000 square feet minimum site area(2,400 square feet in Kettleman City)
RM-2 es es es	Multifamily- Medium density2,000 square feet minimum site area(1,600 square feet in Kettleman City)
RM-1.5 es es ae	Multifamily- Medium high density1,500 square feet minimum site area(1,200 square feet in Kettleman City)
es ae es	C Commercial Districts – Article 6
CN ae es es	Neighborhood Commercial District
CT es es es	Thoroughfare Commercial District
CS es es es	Commercial Service District
CH es es	HighwayCommercial District
CR es a ae	Rural Commercial District
ae es	MU Mixed-Use Districts – Article 7
MU ae es ee	Mixed Use
MU-D es ee a	Downtown Mixed Use
ee a	I Industrial Districts – Article 8
IL ~~are~~ es	Light Industrial District re
IH es ae	HeavyIndustrial District
es ae	PF Public Facilities District – Article 9
PF ae es	Public Facilities

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Sec. 302. District Boundaries: Wherever any uncertainty exists as to the boundary of a district as shown on the zoning map, the following regulations shall control:

A. Where a boundary line is indicated as following a street, alley, railroad right-of-way, watercourse, drainage channel or other body of water, the center line of such street, alley, railroad right-of-way, watercourse, drainage channel or other body of water shall be considered to be the boundary line.
B. Where a boundary line is indicated as following a lot line or property line, it shall be construed as following such lot line or property ownership line.
C. Where a boundary line is not indicated as following a street or alley and does not follow or coincide approximately with a lot line or property ownership line, the boundary line shall be determined by the use of the scale designated on the zoning map.
D. Where further uncertainty exists, the Zoning Administrator, upon written application or on his or her own motion, shall determine the location of the boundary in question, giving due consideration to the location indicated on the zoning map and the objectives of this Development Code and the purposes set forth in the district regulations. The Zoning Administrator's decision may be appealed in writing to the Planning Commission.

Sec. 303. Effect of District Regulations: Except as otherwise provided in this Development Code:

A. No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any parcel or structure be used, designated or intended to be used for any purpose, or in any manner other than is included among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted or conditional in the district in which such structure, land, or premises is located.
B. No structure or part thereof shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit hereinafter designated for the district in which such structure is located.
C. No structure or part thereof shall be erected, nor shall any existing structure be altered, enlarged or rebuilt or moved into any district; nor shall any open space be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the setback, site area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the district in which such structure or open space is located.
D. No setback or other open space provided about any structure for the purpose of complying with provisions of this Development Code shall be considered as providing a setback or open space for any other structure, and no setback or other open space on one site shall be considered as providing a setback or open space for a structure on any other site.
E. Two or more abutting parcels or lots may be combined and used as though a single site, in which case such combination of sites shall be deemed to be a single site for all purposes of this Development Code, provided that any structure or improvement on the site depends on the use of the site as a single site for compliance with this Development Code.
F. A parcel, or lot, may be subdivided in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and Article 23 of this Development Code. The resulting parcels or lots shall be deemed to be separate parcels u nder all provisions of this Development Code
G. No deed or conveyance of any portion of a site shall be made which reduces the site area, yards, off-street parking spaces, or other minimum requirements applicable to the site and use, below the minimum requirements of this Development Code without the prospective grantor and grantee first recording, in the office of the Kings County Clerk Recorder, a covenant for the benefit of the County of Kings agreeing that such site shall continue to be maintained, operated, and used as though a single site so long as any part thereof depends on the other for compliance with the provisions of this Development Code

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Sec. 304. Land Use Designation Equivalency: Table 3-2 below displays the relationship of the General Plan Land Use Designations and the corresponding Zoning Districts addressed in this Development Code

Table 3-2 Land Use Designation Equivalency

Table 3-2 Land Use Designation EquivalencyLand Use Designation Equivalency
General Plan	Development Code
Urban Land Uses
Residential	Residential(R)
Very Low (1 unit/acre) Low (1-2 units/acre) Low Medium (2-4 units/acre) Medium Medium High (4-7 units/acre) (7-11 units/acre) Medium High (7-11 units/acre) High (11-24 units/acre) VeryHigh (24+ units/acre)	Single-Family Residential RR R-1-20 R-1-12 R-1-8, R-1-6 R-1-3 Multifamily Residential RM-3 RM-2 RM-1.5
Commercial	Commercial(C)
Neighborhood Service Rural Transportation	Neighborhood Commercial (CN) Service Commercial (CS) Rural Commercial (CR) Highway Commercial (CH) Thoroughfare Commercial (CT) HighwayCommercial(CH)
Mixed Use	Mixed Use (MU)
Mixed Use Downtown Mixed Use Reserve Mixed Use	Mixed Use (MU) Downtown Mixed Use (MU-D) Reserve Mixed Use(MU-R)
Industrial	Industrial(I)
Heavy Light	Heavy Industrial (IH) Light Industrial(IL)
Rural Land Uses
Agriculture Agriculture (A)
Limited Agriculture General Agriculture North County (North of Nevada Ave) South County (South of Nevada Ave) Exclusive Agriculture	Limited Agriculture (AL-10) General Agriculture (AG-20) General Agriculture (AG-40) Exclusive Agriculture(AX)
Other Land Uses
Open Space Exclusive Agriculture – NAS Lemoore Natural Resource Conservation Public/Quasi-Public	Open Space (OSOZ) Agriculture Overlay (AOZ) Natural Resource Conservation (NRCOZ) Public Facilities(PF)

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Sec. 305. Overlay Zones: Overlay zones are established to modify and supplement the underlying zoning districts established by this Development Code. Overlay zones provide additional requirements, restrictions, and uses on properties in addition to requirements of the underlying base zone. Additional information and requirements concerning overlay zones are contained in Article 10.

A. Overlay Zones: The following overlay zones are hereby established by this Development Code:

Table 3-3Overlay Zones
Overlay Zone/ Map Symbol	Name of Overlay Zone (See Article 10)
DDOZ	DairyDevelopment OverlayZone
NSOZ	Nutrient SpreadingOverlayZone
AOZ	Agriculture OverlayZone
ACOZ	Aviation Land Use CompatibilityOverlayZone
OSOZ	Open Space OverlayZone
NRCOZ	Natural Resources and Conservation OverlayZone
FHOZ	Flood Hazard OverlayZone
RMOZ	MultifamilyResidential OverlayZone(Kettleman Cityonly)
SDOZ	SubstantiallyDeveloped Fringe Area OverlayZone District
CROZ	Cultural Resources OverlayZone

Sec. 306. Jackson Ranch Specific Plan: The following specific plan zones are hereby established and incorporated in this Development Code by reference.

Table 3-4Jackson Ranch Specific Plan Land Use
Symbol	Agricultural District
A-JR	SpecialtyAgriculture
	Commercial Districts
CT-JR	Commercial Thoroughfare
IC-JR	Innovation Center

(Ord. No. 668-2-20, §2, 1/26/21)

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Article 4. Agricultural Zoning Districts

Sections:

Sec. 401 – Purpose and Objectives Sec. 402 – Agriculture Protection Policy Sec. 403 – AL-10 Limited Agricultural-10 District Sec. 404 – AG-20 General Agricultural-20 District Sec. 405 - AG-40 General Agricultural-40 District Sec. 406 – AX Exclusive Agricultural District Sec. 407 – Land Use Regulations Sec. 408 – Agricultural Land Divisions Sec. 409 – Divisions for Farm Home Retention Sec. 410 – Divisions for Farm Home Financing Sec. 411 – Divisions for Transfers of Title Sec. 412 – New or Expanding Bovine Dairy Sec. 413 – Confined Animal Feeding Operations Sec. 414 – Conversion of a Milk Cow Dairy to a Goat/Sheep Dairy Sec. 415 – Agricultural Service Establishment Division

Sec. 416 – Agricultural Preserves and Land Conservation Contract Actions and Land Uses Sec. 417 – Adaptive Reuse of an Agricultural Facility to Another Use Sec. 418 – Additional Standards and Development Regulations Sec. 419 – Similar Use Findings