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

documents, staff analysis, and the applicant, that adequate public or private
services and resources are available to serve the proposed development.
16. The developer shall assume full responsibility for costs incurred in service
extensions or improvements that are required to serve the project. Cost sharing or
other forms of recovery shall be available when the service extensions or
improvements have a specific quantifiable regional significance.
17. The extent of community-type public services and facilities required for urban
densities in the Mountain, Valley and Desert regions vary according to the following
criteria:
a. Within the Valley and Desert regions, new residential development sites less
than or equal to one acre net lot size density, commercial, and industrial land
uses shall be serviced by necessary and appropriate sewer and water
systems.
b. Within the Mountain Region, new residential development sites less than or
equal to 2 1/2 acres gross lot size density, commercial, and industrial land
uses shall be serviced by necessary and appropriate sewer and water
systems.
Implementation Measures
D. The appropriate agency should develop sewer and water master plans in areas
where these services are lacking or deficient and in areas where urban
development exists or is designated. Seek non-local sources of funding for
implementing capital improvement plans.
E. All new discretionary development projects shall be subject to the Standards for
Sewage, Water Supply and Preservation of Environmental Health Rules and
Regulations administered by the Environmental Health Services Department.
Those projects having percolation rates of less than five minutes per inch shall
provide a preliminary soils study and site specific documentation that characterizes
the quality of upper groundwater in the project vicinity and evaluation of the extent
to which, if any, the proposed use of alternative septic systems will adversely
impact groundwater quality. If the evaluation indicates that the uppermost
groundwater at the proposed site already exceeds groundwater quality objectives of
the Regional Water Quality Control Board or would if the alternative septic system
is installed, the applicant shall be required to supply sewage collection, treatment
and disposal facilities.
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