Planning News

Borel Fire

Assistance for Those Affected by the Borel Fire For any Planning related questions pertaining to your property that was impacted by the Borel Fire, please contact the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department by any methods below: Website: www.kernplanning.com Email: BorelFire.Planning@kerncounty.com Phone Number: 661-862-5263 Please allow 24 hours for…

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Planning Department Services Update

Kern County Planning & Natural Resources Department will be observing the County Winter Break from December 23, 2022, through January 2, 2023.  Posted in

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Oil and Gas EIR Landing Page

Kern County Oil and Gas Permitting The Kern County Zoning Ordinance contains provisions for local permitting of oil and gas production. Specifically, Chapter 19.98 (Oil and Gas Production) provides development standards for all future oil and gas exploration, extraction, operations, and production activities in the unincorporated Kern County. The Amendment…

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COVID-19 Local Emergency Declaration

On March 16, 2020 a local emergency related to the Coronavirus, was declared by the Kern County Administrative Office. This declaration was subsequently ratified by the Kern County Board of Supervisors on March 17, 2020.  As a result of the emergency and subsequent declaration, the Planning and Natural Resources Department…

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Kern County Oil and Gas Permitting

The Kern County Zoning Ordinance contains provisions for local permitting of oil and gas production. Specifically, Chapter 19.98 (Oil and Gas Production) provides development standards for all future oil and gas exploration, extraction, operations, and production activities in the unincorporated Kern County. The Amendment to the Kern County Zoning Ordinance…

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Zoning Ordinance Amendments

Document: Kern County Zoning Ordinance – November 2017 revision

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General Plan 2040

New Website – https://kern2040.com/ In 2017 the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources initiated the process on the Kern County General Plan Update for 2040. As part of that process, a new website has been created. This website is dedicated to keeping the public aware of the progress in updating…

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The RENEWBIZ Grant Program

Applications Are Not Being Accepted At This Time The RENEWBIZ Grant Program assists organizations with the cost of developing or improving commercial and industrial districts within the unincorporated communities of East Kern County. It is a flexible source of competitive funding for a broad range of facade improvement activities. For further…

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Indian Wells Valley Land Use Management Plan

May  19, 2015 – Board of Supervisors Hearing 5/19/2015 Staff Report (45.1 MB) 5/19/2015 Addendum Staff Report (23.5 MB) May 13, 2015 – Board of Supervisors Hearing IWVLMP 5.13.15 Staff Report (36.3 MB) April 9, 2015 – Planning Commission Hearing 4/9/2015 Staff Report (19 MB) Notice of Public Hearing (1.5 MB) March 30, 2015 –…

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PDF File Errors

Due to a recent patch/upgrade released by Adobe for Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, file linking within our PDF files has been broken. We are taking steps to resolve the issue starting with our most active projects/files. For more information, please visit this Adobe forum post. Thank you for your patience.

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