Kern County General Plan - Chapter 1, Land Use - County of Kern

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g. Ensure that adequate collection, treatment, and disposal facilities are constructed concurrently with planned growth. h. Ensure that appropriate funding mechanisms are in place to fund the needed improvements which result from development and subsequent growth. 3. Individual projects will provide availability of public utility service as per approved guidelines of the serving utility. 4. The provision of parks and recreational facilities of varying size, function, and location to serve County residents will be encouraged. Special attention will be directed to providing linear parks along creeks, rivers, and streambeds in urban areas. 5. Seek to provide recreational facilities where deficiencies have been identified. 6. The County will ensure adequate fire protection to all Kern County residents. 7. The County will ensure adequate police protection to all Kern County residents. 8. Environmentally safe locations for the disposal of solid waste will be assured by locating sites in accordance with the criteria set forth in Appendix E of this General Plan. 9. Applicants for all solid waste disposal facilities (Map Code 3.4) and other waste facilities (Map Code 3.7) shall submit closure plans and financial assurance estimates to guarantee closure in conjunction with approval of the required conditional use permit. The requirement for financial assurances may also be satisfied if a State or federal agency will have lead permit responsibility for approval or operational oversight of the facility and which also will require the posting of financial assurances to guarantee site closure. In conjunction with the financial assurances filed with the County, applicants shall enter into a contract with the County to guarantee site closure. 10. A designated site for solid waste disposal facilities (Map Code 3.4) shall be protected from encroachment of incompatible land uses and intensive urban development. General Plan map code designations which may be compatible for properties adjacent to or within 1,320 feet of solid waste disposal facilities include the following: Resource designations (8.x), 1.2, 3.3, 5.8, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. Other map code designations may be compatible subject to project-specific CEQA evaluation. Intensive residential uses, community care facilities, schools, hospitals, recreational vehicle parks, and other uses involving sensitive populations, concentrations of people, and other activities will usually be incompatible adjacent to or near solid waste disposal facilities. Health risk assessment analysis prepared by the land use project applicants may be warranted when considering proposals for General Plan amendments, zone 22
changes, conditional use permits, and sensitive uses within 1,320 feet of a designated solid waste facility site. 11. A solid waste disposal facility (Map Code 3.4) and other waste facilities (Map Code 3.7) shall pay its pro-rata share of upgrading of pertinent County roads. 12. For solid waste disposal facilities, all necessary permits shall be obtained from the Kern County Environmental Health Services Department, Kern County Waste Management Department, State of California Integrated Waste Management Board, State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the appropriate Air Pollution Control District, and all other responsible agencies prior to the commencement of operations. 13. The County shall ensure landfill capacity for the residents and industry of Kern County. 14. All solid waste disposal facilities shall designate a buffer around the permitted disposal area as defined by the Map Code 3.4 land use designation. 15. All other waste facilities (non-hazardous/non-disposal) shall designate a buffer around the permitted waste area as defined by the 3.7 land use designation. 16. The proposed siting or expansion of hazardous waste facilities will be in conformance with the adopted Kern County and Incorporated Cities Hazardous Waste Management Plan. 17. For other policies and implementation measures, see General Provisions, Section 1.10 of this General Plan. IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES: PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES A. Continue to administer the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and coordinate with public utility providers listing the necessary improvements to Kern County's public services and facilities in collaboration with key service providing agencies and the County Administrative Office as a first step toward the preparation of a long-term Public Services Plan for Kern County. This plan addresses the projected demand for public services throughout the County in comparison with projected revenues and identifies long-term financial trends for the major public service providers. The CIP and General Plan can assure compliance with the provisions of Government Code Sections 65401 and 65402 which require review of all capital facility decisions for consistency with this General Plan. B. Determine local costs of County facility and infrastructure improvements and expansion which are necessitated by new development of any type and prepare a schedule of charges to be levied on the developer at the time of approval of the Final Map. This implementation can be effectuated by the formation of a County work group. 23
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