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

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18. Actively monitor the actions of local, State, and federal agencies related to energy development in Kern County and lobby and present its position on such matters as needed to protect County interests. 19. Work with other agencies to define regulatory responsibility concerning energyrelated issues. 20. Areas along rivers and streams will be conserved where feasible to enhance drainage, flood control, recreational, and other beneficial uses while acknowledging existing land use patterns. 21. The County shall encourage qualifying agricultural lands to participate in the Williamson Act program or Farmland Security Zone program. 22. The County shall encourage efforts through the State legislature to increase subvention payment rates for State reimbursement to the County to more realistically offset the loss of property tax revenues associated with participation with the Williamson Act program or the Farmland Security Zone program. 23. The County should encourage the merger of largely undeveloped antiquated subdivisions which are designated Map Code 8.1 (Intensive Agriculture), Map Code 8.2 (Resource Reserve), Map Code 8.3 (Extensive Agriculture), or Map Code 8.5 (Resource Management) into larger holdings to achieve density consistency with the underlying land use designation. 24. Urban residential or commercial development on property contiguous to property designated Map Code 8.1 (Intensive Agriculture) should employ landscaping, lot size, open space buffering, increased building setbacks, or other techniques to reduce the potential for land use conflicts when it can be demonstrated that such measures will provide for public welfare and benefit and promote continued agricultural uses. 25. Discourage incompatible land use adjacent to Map Code 8.4 (Mineral and Petroleum) areas. IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES: RESOURCE A. Periodically update the General Plan's Resource Data maps with new information, such as annexations, as it becomes available from the various data sources. Land use designations may be revised by amending the plan to more appropriate uses at the time of the Annual Report to reflect more accurate data or information. B. Areas designated as Resource Reserve (Map Code 8.2), Extensive Agriculture 58
(Map Code 8.3), Resource Management (Map Code 8.5) that are under Williamson Act Contracts or Farmland Security Zone Contracts will have a minimum parcel size of 80 acres until such time as a contract is expired or is cancelled, at which time the minimum parcel size will become 20 acres. C. The County Planning Department will seek review and comment from the County Engineering and Survey Services Department on the implementation of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System for all discretionary projects. D. The minimum lot size requirements of the A Zone District shall provide for the creation of homesite parcels consistent with the density required of the General Plan designations. E. Designate the riparian community abutting rivers and streams with an appropriate resource use (e.g. Map Code 8.2 (Resource Reserve), Map Code 8.3 (Extensive Agriculture), or Map Code 8.5 (Resource Management)) or resource management designation where feasible to do so. F. Prime agricultural lands, according to the Kern County Interim-Important Farmland map produced by the Department of Conservation, which have Class I or II soils and a surface delivery water system shall be conserved through the use of agricultural zoning with minimum parcel size provisions. G. Property placed under the Williamson Act/Farmland Security Zone Contract must be in a Resource designation. H. Use the California Geological Survey’s latest maps to locate mineral deposits until the regional and Statewide importance mineral deposits map has been completed, as required by the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act. I. Periodically review the Zoning Ordinance to reflect new technology and energy sources, and encourage these types of uses for new development. J. The County shall continue to monitor new legislation as it relates to energy production and periodically review the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance for any required updates. K. Protect oilfields and mineral extraction areas through the use of appropriate implementing zone districts: A (Exclusive Agriculture), DI (Drilling Island), NR (Natural Resource), or PE (Petroleum Extraction). 59
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