Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan
Record of Changes
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CH 7 – Pg 11,13
CH 2 – Urban
Decay
CHAPTER II – LAND USE ELEMENT
• Intensive Agriculture ( R- IA – minimum 20- acre parcel size): Areas
devoted to the production of irrigated crops, or having the potential
for such use.
• Extensive Agriculture ( R- EA – minimum 80- acre parcel size for
lands under “ Williamson Act” contract; 20- acre minimum, lands
not under contract): Agricultural uses involving large amounts of
land with relatively low value- per- acre yields such as livestock
grazing, dryland farming, and woodlands.
• Mineral and Petroleum ( R- MP – minimum land use designation
size – 5- acres): Areas which contain producing, or potentially
productive, petroleum fields and mineral deposits. This
designation may be used in combination with other designations.
e) Public Facilities
• Public Facilities ( P): includes government buildings, hospitals,
public utilities, cemeteries, sewage treatment plants, waste
disposal sites and other publicly owned facilities.
• Public and private schools ( PS).
• Public Transportation ( PT): Existing airports and railroads whose
future use is restricted to transportation related uses.
• Solid Waste Facility Sites ( P- SW): Includes solid waste disposal
sites, transfer stations and related resource recovery activities.
f) Open Space
• Open Space ( OS): Floodplains and Resource Management Areas.
Agriculture uses are also permitted.
• Parks ( OS- P): Includes all city and county parks as well as public
and private recreation facilities.
• Slopes ( OS- S): Areas with greater than equal to thirty percent
slope. Slope areas are better defined by an overlay zone or
hillside development standards. The exact land use and intensity
permitted in the OS- S designation shall be consistent with the
base zone district for each individual parcel designated OS- S. It is
not the intent that the OS- S land use designation preclude
development but to highlight the significant constraint to
development caused by steep slope.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
2. Allow for the development of a variety of residential types and densities ( I- 1).
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28. Require that commercial development provide design features such as screen
walls, landscaping and height, setback and lighting restrictions between the
boundaries of adjacent residential land use designations so as to reduce impacts
on residences due to noise, traffic, parking, and differences in scale ( I- 1, I- 6, I- 8).
29. Require that automobile and truck access to commercial properties sited adjacent
to designated residential parcels be located at the maximum practical distance
from the residential parcel ( I- 1, I- 6).
30. Street frontages along all new commercial development shall be landscaped ( I- 1).
30A. Require new large retail commercial development projects to evaluate urban
decay impacts on existing commercial uses as set forth in the implementation
measures ( I- 18, I- 19, I- 20, I- 21).
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
31. Allow for a variety of industrial uses, including land- extensive mineral extraction
and processing, heavy manufacturing, light manufacturing, warehousing and
distribution, transportation- related, and research and development uses ( I- 1).
32. Protect existing industrial designations from incompatible land use intrusions ( I- 1,
I- 6, I- 8).
33. Encourage the efficient use of existing industrial land uses through consolidation
of building and storage facilities ( I- 1, I- 6, I- 8).
34. Provide for the clustering of new industrial development adjacent to existing
industrial uses and along major transportation corridors ( I- 1).
35. Encourage upgrading of visual character of heavy manufacturing industrial areas
through the use of landscaping or screening- of visually unattractive buildings and
storage areas ( I- 1, I- 6, I- 8).
36. Require that industrial uses provide design features, such as screen walls,
landscaping and height, setback and lighting restrictions between the boundaries
of adjacent residential land use designations so as to reduce impacts on
residences due to light, noise, sound and vibration ( I- 1, I- 6, I- 8).
37. Street frontages along all new industrial development shall be landscaped ( I- 1, I-
6, I- 8).
38. Minimize impacts of industrial traffic on adjacent residential parcels through the
use of site plan review and improvement standards ( I- 1, I- 6).
CENTERS DEVELOPMENT
39. Enhance existing and establish new centers as the principal focus of development
and activity in the planning area, around which other land uses are grouped.
Centers should be linked by adequate transportation facilities and may be linked
to the Kern River, canals, or other resource amenities. Centers may be
differentiated by functional activity, density/ intensity, and physical character ( I- 1,
I- 6, I- 8).
CHAPTER II - LAND USE ELEMENT
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40. Provide for the enhancement and intensification of existing “ centers” such as ( I- 1):
a) Downtown f) Lamont
b) California State University, Bakersfield g) Greenfield
c) Bakersfield Airpark/ Casa Loma h) McAllister Ranch
d) Meadows Field i) Northwest Bakersfield
e) Highway 58/ Weedpatch Highway j) Rosedale Ranch
41. Provide for the intensification of downtown Bakersfield for governmental, financial,
professional office, retail, residential, cultural, specialty, and supporting uses ( I- 1).
42. Provide for the revitalization of downtown Bakersfield by the use of redevelopment
authorities provided by California law, including the provision of incentives for new
private development projects, joint private- public partnerships, and public
improvements; accommodating the range of land uses defined for this " Center" ( I-
1, I- 5, I- 8, I- 10).
43. Encourage renovation and the adaptive reuse of significant cultural and
entertainment facilities downtown ( I- 5).
44. Provide for the establishment of the following new centers as the focus of
development in the planning area ( I- 1):
a) Southwest
b) Northwest
c) Northeast
45. Allow for the development of a center in southwest Bakersfield which is a focal
point of activity and includes a mix of professional office and retail uses,
moderate density residential, and filters outward to lower suburban- type
densities, according to the following principles ( I- 1):
a) Encourage focus on an open space amenity such as a park or water
body;
b) Provide opportunity for the development of residential units above ground
floor commercial;
c) Encourage land use link with the Kern River and promote pedestrian
activity within center.
46. Allow for the development of centers in northwest Bakersfield to serve the
Rosedale Community and adjacent rural areas, containing retail commercial, light
industrial, moderate and high density residential, and is surrounded by low and
estate residential densities, according to the following principles ( I- 1):
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Local guidelines for project processing shall reflect California Environmental
Quality Act ( CEQA) Guidelines which state that the environmental effects of a
project must be taken into account as part of project consideration.
8. Design Review
The goals, objectives, policies and standards contained in the Land Use Element
encourage architectural and site compatibility in designated areas.
Procedures of the respective jurisdictions will provide the vehicle by which the
concept is implemented. These procedures should encourage the use of various
water elements, private courtyards and landscaped spaces to provide enhanced
opportunities for formal and informal leisure use and activities.
9. Code Enforcement
The City of Bakersfield and County of Kern shall maintain an on- going program of
code enforcement to help maintain neighborhoods and enhance economic vitality.
10. Economic Development
A coordinated economic development program would contribute to successful
implementation of land use policies. This will include incentives for the
development of low and moderate income housing and the attraction of new
businesses and industry to the metropolitan area. It may also include low interest
loans and grants for commercial and residential renovation and rehabilitation.
Investigate programs which provide incentives to create in- fill and redevelopment
projects.
11. Capital Improvements
The Capital Improvement Program is required to be consistent with the general
plan and applicable specific plans. Appropriate plan proposals are programmed
into city and county Capital Improvement Programs. Revenue sources may
include general fund monies, general obligations bonds, benefit assessment
districts, subventions and tax increment generated by redevelopment.
12. Review of discretionary development projects proposing urban densities and land
use intensities shall consider the ability of local jurisdictions to provide logical,
economic extensions of urban services to such development.
13. Permit small and large family day care homes in all residential land use
designations.
14. Investigate the feasibility of establishing a child care coordinator position to work
with child care providers and new commercial/ industrial development for the
provision of child care programs.
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15. Review General Plan Amendment proposals to urban uses in accordance with
Chapter V Conservation/ Soils and Agricultural Policy No. 14.
16. Create or amend tree and landscape ordinances which result in increased shade
canopy to create a healthy, vibrant, sustainable urban environment.
17. Through joint City- County decision- making forums, continue to identify
inconsistencies in urban services and concentrate efforts to be consistent.
18. Require an Urban Decay Study for a retail commercial shopping center proposed
or estimated to be over 250,000 square feet Gross Leasable Area “( GLA) in size.
19. Require an Urban Decay Study for a retail store that will occupy more than 90,000
square feet Gross Leasable Area ( GLA) and twenty percent ( 20%) or more of the
GLA is devoted to the sale of non- taxable merchandise.
20. At time of site plan review, if an Urban Decay Study has not yet been prepared
and a project meets or exceeds one of the thresholds listed above or additional or
new information would make preparation of a new or revised Urban Decay Study
prudent, an Urban Decay Study shall be prepared. Phased submittal of a PCD
plan will require that assumptions regarding the total size, Gross Leasable Area,
of the project at complete build out be made to enable the City to determine the
need for an Urban Decay Study.
21. If an Urban Decay Study has not been submitted, the City shall require a PCD or
PCD Combining zone on all commercial projects over 20 acres in size. Retail
Commercial designations within specific plan areas are exempt from the PCD
requirement.
SHAFTER HWY
GOSFORD RD
MING AVE
ROSEDALE HWY
NILES ST
COFFEE RD
NORD AVE
KRATZMEYER RD
HEATH RD
OLIVE DR
RENFRO RD
STINE RD
HOSKING AVE
ALLEN RD
BRIMHALL RD
SULLIVAN RD
FRUITVALE AVE
MANOR ST
MC CUTCHEN RD
SUPERIOR RD
AIRPORT DR
MORNING DR
VINELAND RD
CHESTER AVE
SNOW RD
BRI MHAL L RD
(/ 99
(/ 58
NEW STINE RD
CALIFOR NIA AVE
CHESTER AVE
COTTONWOOD RD
WH ITE LN
ASHE RD
H ST
TRUXTUN AVE
BRUNDAGE LN
MT VERNON AVE
OAK ST
24TH ST
STOCKDALE HW Y
UNION AVE
(/ 178
KER N CANYON RD
ALFRED HARRELL HWY
(/ 178
(/ 58
COMANCHE DR
EDISON HWY
MULL ER RD
HERMOS A R D
WEEDPATCH HWY
FAIRFAX RD
EAST PA NAMA LN
EAST PANAMA RD
DI GIORGIO RD
ADOBE RD
BUENA VIST A BLVD
SUNSET BLVD
BEAR MT BLVD ( 223 H WY)
SHAFTER RD
HOUGHTON RD
UNION AV
ASHE RD
OLD RIVER RD
TAFT HWY
PANAMA LN
(/ 43
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BUENA VISTA RD
WIBLE RD
PA NAMA LN
COLUMBUS ST
CH INA GRADE LOOP
H AG E MAN RD
CALLOWAY DR
SEVENT H STANDARD R D
OLD RIVER RD
ALLEN RD
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GOLDEN STATE AVE
RANCHERIA RD
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METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD
GENERAL PLAN
CIRCULATION ELEMENT
CHAPTER VI - OPEN SPACE ELEMENT
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
State planning law requires jurisdictions to prepare a plan for the long range conservation and
preservation of open space ( Government Code Section 65302( e)). As defined by the State,
open space should include lands for:
( a) the preservation of natural resources;
( b) the managed production of resources;
( c) outdoor recreation; and
( d) public health and safety ( Government Code Section 65560( b)).
Under this broad definition, open space is encompassed in several General Plan elements
including Land Use, Conservation, Parks and Safety. To minimize repetition this Open Space
Element will deal with those open space amenities not covered in these other elements.
A. OPEN SPACE ELEMENT
OVERVIEW OF EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ISSUES
There are approximately 100,237 acres of agriculture/ open space in the planning area ( see
graph on page II- 1 of the Land Use Element), representing over 57.76 percent of the total land
use acreage. The majority of this open space is devoted to agricultural uses, consisting of both
row and tree crops, and to large tracts of land devoted to oil explorations. Non- farm and non- oil
open space occurs predominately in the floodplain areas along the Kern River, with large
floodplain areas occurring west of Allen Road; in the steeper hillside areas east of Comanche
Drive; and along Alfred Harrell Highway.
The Kern River Plan Element establishes policies aimed at protecting what is thought of as the
area's greatest natural resource, the Kern River. Due to both the size and extent of the Kern
River within the study area, the river offers the highest potential for the provision of regional
open space opportunities.
OPEN SPACE ISSUES
The planning area lacks a cohesive system of open space amenities, with many of the area's
major amenities including the Kern River, bluffs and foothills being under- utilized as open space
resources.
The aesthetic value of open space areas and the impact of development on public viewsheds
should be considered.
Cut- and- fill grading techniques employed to accommodate development alter natural
topography and ridgelines.
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GOALS AND POLICIES
The following presents the goals and policies for open space in the planning area.
Implementing programs are contained in the following subsection. At the end of each policy is
listed in parenthesis a code beginning with the letter " I" followed by a number. This code refers
to the pertinent implementing program.
GOALS
1. Conserve and enhance the unique aspects of open space within the planning
area.
2. Create an integrated system of open space amenities in the planning area.
3. Locate and site development to minimize the disruption of open space areas.
4. Acquire new lands for open space.
5. Create 20 major tree- covered corridors that connect to and include the Kern
River Parkway, safe bikepaths and GET bus routes.
6. Create a greenbelt corridor along the Kern River with increased recreational
opportunities.
POLICIES
Goals will be achieved through the following policies which set more specific directions and
guide actions.
1. Promote the establishment, maintenance and protection of the planning area’s
open space resources, including the following ( I- 1) ( I- 2) ( I- 3):
a) Conservation of natural resources ( refer to Chapter II- Land Use, Chapter
V- Conservation, and Chapter XII Kern River Plan Element).
• Kern River corridor
• Management of hillsides
b) Managed production of resources
• A g riculture ( refer to Chapter V- Conservation/ Soils and Agriculture)
• Oil production ( refer to Chapter V- Conservation/ Mineral
Resources)
CHAPTER VI – OPEN SPACE ELEMENT
c) Outdoor recreation
• Parks ( refer to Chapter XI- Parks)
• Kern River corridor ( refer to Chapter II- Land Use, Chapter V-Conservation,
and Chapter XII- Kern River Plan Element)
d) Public health and safety
• Hazard avoidance ( refer to Chapter VIII- Safety)
2. Development of ridge lines within the planning area should consider natural
topographic constraints ( I- 2).
3. Hillside development should exhibit sensitivity and be complementary to the
natural topography ( I- 2).
4. Require the use of grading techniques in hillside areas that preserve the form of
natural topography and ridge lines ( I- 2).
5. Development location and siting should be sensitive to its relationship to the Kern
River ( I- 3).
6. Development on or adjacent to bluff areas should complement the natural
topographic integrity of such areas ( I- 2).
7. Consider the use of groundwater recharge lands for recreation, habitat and
alternate resource uses ( I- 4).
8. Consider reuse of abandoned landfill areas for recreational and open space
purposes where it can be shown that the landfill does not present a health hazard
( I- 5).
9. Encourage depleted resource extraction sites to be restored as alternative open
space or developed with uses compatible with those adjacent ( I- 5).
10. Create a master plan for greater Bakersfield for greenbelts, water elements and
landscape corridors. ( I- 6)
11. Create an Ad Hoc Tree Advisory Committee to develop a tree ordinance for
greater Bakersfield that ensures a sustainable urban forrest. ( I- 6)
12. The City of Bakersfield will pursue preservation of open space within the
Northeast Bakersfield Open Space Area ( NBOSA) ( bubble map, on file at the
City of Bakersfield Planning Department). ( I- 7)
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13. The intended usage of the NBOSA includes open space, parks, trails and other
habitat and recreational uses. ( I- 7) ( I- 8)
14. Develop a land use and trails plan ( Specific Plan) for the NBOSA. ( I- 8)
15. Encourage the establishment of public neighborhood parks in or adjacent to the
NBOSA as subdivisions are approved. ( I- 8)
16. Establish linkages between NBOSA and adopted trail systems. ( I- 8) ( I- 9)
17. Support the establishment of an area for off road vehicle use. Potential areas
include, but are not limited to, property adjacent to the Bena land fill, an area
adjacent to Round Mountain Road, and areas adjacent to Breckenridge Road,
east of Comanche Road. ( I- 11)
18. Establish open space/ trail linkages from the NBOSA to public and quasi public
facilities such as CALM, Hart Park, soccer park, Lake Ming and the Kern River
Corridor. ( I- 7) ( I- 8)
19. In the review of site specific development plans, encourage access from
proposed development adjacent to the NBOSA to provide public access to open
space and trails. ( I- 9)
20. Where possible, and with the cooperation of wildlife agencies, utilize Metropolitan
Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan ( MBHCP) resources to expand/ create
habitat preserves with the NBOSA. ( I- 7) ( I- 10)
IMPLEMENTATION
The following are programs to be carried out by the City of Bakersfield and County of Kern to
implement the goals and policies of the Open Space Element. This listing is not to limit the
scope of implementation of this plan. State law requires that planning agencies recommend
various methods of implementation of the general plan as part of their on- going duties.
1. Implement the programs identified in the Land Use, Parks, Soils and Geology,
and Hazards sections of the General Plan.
2. Hillside Management Ordinance for the City of Bakersfield regulates
development in areas of excessive slope in northeast Bakersfield. Kern County's
existing ordinance will be augmented as necessary.
3. Implement Kern River Plan Element policies regarding development sensitivity to
the river resource.
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4. Agencies involved in groundwater recharge projects should coordinate as
appropriate to achieve multiple use of recharge areas where feasible.
5. Where appropriate, rezone abandoned landfill areas and resource extraction
sites to allow open space or development uses complementary of and
compatible with surrounding uses.
6. Develop and adopt plans and ordinances as appropriate to greenbelts, water
elements, landscape corridors and urban forest policies.
7. With cooperation of private landowners, utilize all resources and programs to
expand/ create an open space amenity within the NBOSA area. Resources
include but are not limited to: Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan
( MBHCP) resources; public and private grants; land exchanges with private and
public landowners; land in- lieu program; development right transfers;
conservation easements; dedication of open space within NBOSA for impact fee
reduction; and community fund- raising.
8. Pursue the:
a. Adoption of a land use plan ( Specific Plan) depicting various recreational,
open space parks, trails, parking lots, etc.
b. Adoption of trail system for the NBOSA which links the project area
together.
c. Creation of neighborhood parks adjacent to the NBOSA.
9. Review development plans for the purpose of providing access or allowing
linkages to the NBOSA.
10. Work with Federal and State wildlife agencies, through the MBHCP Trust Group,
to enlarge existing preserve areas and provide for limited trail use and
interpretive programs within preserve areas so long as the integrity of the
preserve can be protected.
11. Work with ORV users, Kern County, State and Federal agencies to assist in
identifying financial resources and property which could be made available for
ORV use.
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CHAPTER VII - NOISE ELEMENT
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Additionally, the development of new noise- generating land uses which
are not preempted from local noise regulation will be reviewed if resulting
noise levels will exceed the performance standards contained within
Table VII- 2 in areas containing residential or other noise- sensitive land
uses ( I- 3, I- 6, I- 7).
4. Require noise level criteria applied to land uses other than residential or
other n noise- sensitive uses to be consistent with the recommendations
of the California Office of Noise Control ( see Figure VII- 1 ( I- 4)).
5. Encourage vegetation and landscaping along roadways and adjacent to
other noise sources in order to increase absorption of noise ( I- 7).
6. Encourage interjurisdictional coordination and cooperation with regard to
noise impact issues ( I- 8).
7. Establish threshold standards for the determination of the existence of
cumulative noise impacts that are significant, and will therefore require
mitigation to achieve acceptable noise standards that do not exceed the
standards contained in this element ( I- 9, 1- 10)
IMPLEMENTATION
The following are programs to be carried out by the City of Bakersfield and County of
Kern to implement the goals and policies of the Noise Element. This listing is not to limit
the scope of implementation of this plan. State law requires that planning agencies
recommend various methods of implementation of the general plan as part of their on-going
duties.
1. Maintain noise contour maps which enable planning agencies, developers
and the public to identify noise impacted areas on the land use map.
2. Review discretionary development plans, programs and proposals,
including those initiated by both the public and private sectors, to
ascertain and ensure their conformance to the policy framework outlined
in this element.
3. Require development of proposed residential or other noise sensitive land
uses in noise- impacted area to comply with the noise standards of 65 dB
CNEL or less in outdoor activity areas and 45 dB CNEL or less within
interior living spaces and the performance standards within Table VII- 2.
4. Require proposed commercial and industrial uses or operations to be
designed or arranged so that they will not subject residential or other
noise sensitive land uses to exterior noise levels in excess of 65 dB
CNEL and interior noise levels in excess of 45 dB CNEL and so that
impacts on noise sensitive uses shall not exceed the performance
standards in Table VII- 2.
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8. Amend the city and county zoning ordinances as necessary to reflect the
policies and programs of the Noise Element.
9. Cooperate and discuss with all appropriate government agencies the
planning documents governing noise- impact issues for consistency and
coordination.
10. STANDARDS FOR PROJECT NOISE IMPACTS FOR MOBILE SOURCES
A significant increase of existing ambient noise levels affecting existing noise-sensitive
land uses ( receptors), and requiring the adoption of practical and
feasible mitigation measures, is deemed to occur where a project will cause:
• An increase of the existing ambient noise level by 5 dB or more, where the
existing ambient level is less than 60 dB CNEL
• An increase of the existing ambient noise level by 3 dB or more, where the
existing ambient level is 60 to 65 dB CNEL;
• An increase of the existing ambient noise level by 1.5 dB or more, where the
existing ambient level is greater than 65 dB CNEL.
STANDARDS FOR CUMULATIVE NOISE IMPACTS FOR MOBILE SOURCES
A project’s contribution to noise increase would normally be considered
cumulatively considerable and considered significant when ambient noise levels
affect noise sensitive land uses ( receptors) and when the following occurs.
• A project increases the ambient ( cumulative without project) noise level by 1
dB or more;
and
• The cumulative with project noise levels cause the following:
o An increase of the existing ambient noise level by 5 dB or more,
where the existing ambient level is less than 60 dB CNEL;
o An increase of the existing ambient noise level by 3 dB or more,
where the existing ambient level is 60 to 65 DB CNEL;
o An increase on the existing ambient noise level by 1.5 dB or more,
where the existing ambient level is greater than 65 dB CNEL.
SHAFTER HWY
GOSFORD RD
MING AVE
ROSEDALE HWY
NILES ST
COFFEE RD
NORD AVE
KRATZMEYER RD
HEATH RD
OLIVE DR
RENFRO RD
STINE RD
HOSKING AVE.
ALLEN RD
BRIMHALL RD
SULLIVAN RD
FRUITVALE AVE
MANOR ST
MC CUTCHEN RD
SUPERIOR RD
AIRPORT DR
MORNING DR
VINELAND RD
CHESTER AVE
SNOW RD
BRIMHALL RD
(/ 99
(/ 58
NEW STINE RD
CALIFORNIA AVE
CHESTER AVE
COTTONWOOD RD
WHITE LN
ASHE RD
H ST
TRUXTUN AVE
BRUNDAGE LN
MT VERNON AVE
OAK ST
24TH ST
STOCKDALE HWY
UNION AVE
(/ 178
KERN CANYON RD
ALFRED HARRELL HWY
(/ 178
(/ 58
COMANCHE DR
EDISON HWY
MULLER RD
HERMOSA RD
WEEDPATCH HWY
FAIRFAX RD
PANAMA LN
PANAMA RD
DI GIORGIO RD
ADOBE RD
BUENA VISTA BLVD
SUNSET BLVD
BEAR MT BLVD ( 223 HWY)
SHAFTER RD
HOUGHTON RD
UNION AV
ASHE RD
OLD RIVER RD
TAFT HWY
PANAMA LN
(/ 43
(/ 223
BUENA VISTA RD
WIBLE RD
PANAMA LN
COLUMBUS ST
CHINA GRADE LOOP
HAGEMAN RD
CALLOWAY DR
SEVENTH STANDARD RD
OLD RIVER RD
ALLEN RD
(/ 58
SANTA FE WAY
GOLDEN STATE AVE
RANCHERIA RD
OSWELL ST
RIVER BLVD BEALE AVE
LAKEVIEW AVE
EDISON RD
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21
35
34
12 11
20
23 24
16
10
17
11
27
27
35
25 29
26
21
32
17
27
32
36
33
27
33
12
22
34
17
27
32
23
11
15
16
33
13
24
26
12
23
25
16
36
25
26
35
36
24
29
25
32
25
10
35
15
34
28
14
14
32
26
23
29
26
17
35
21
15
27 29 27
14
20
16
12
28
36
22
20
28
24
29
21
34 35
22
23
20
25
13
26
28
27
22
15
10
36
11
15
21
14
17
25
35
24
10
36
CITY LIMITS AS OF 1/ 09/ 03
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
8000 0 8000 16000 Feet
N
ADOPTED BY KERN COUNTY - 12/ 3/ 02
ADOPTED BY CITY OF BAKERSFIELD - 12/ 11/ 02
UPDATED: 5/ 14/ 03
METRO BKRSFLD GP
P. BEARD
METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD GENERAL PLAN
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD & COUNTY OF KERN
RURAL RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM 2.5
GROSS ACRES/ UNIT
ESTATE RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM
1 NET ACRE/ UNIT
RR
ER
UER
URBAN ESTATE RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM
0.5 NET ACRE/ UNIT
SR SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL
4 D. U./ NET ACRE O
SR/ LR
COUNTY JURISDICTION:
4 D. U./ NET ACRE
CITY JURISDICTION:
7.26 D. U./ NET ACRE
O
O
LR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
7.26 D. U./ NET ACRE O
LMR/ LR
COUNTY JURISDICTION:
10 D. U./ NET ACRE
CITY JURISDICTION:
4 AND 7.26 D. U./ NET ACRE
O
N O
LMR
LOW MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
COUNTY JURISDICTION:
10 D. U./ NET ACRE
CITY JURISDICTION:
4 AND 10 D. U./ NET ACRE
O
N O
HMR/ LMR
COUNTY JURISDICTION:
17.42 D. U./ NET ACRE
CITY JURISDICTION:
4 AND 10 D. U./ NET ACRE N O
O
HMR
HIGH MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
COUNTY JURISDICTION:
17.42 D. U./ NET ACRE
CITY JURISDICTION:
7.26 AND 17.42 D. U./ NET ACRE
O
N O
HR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
17.42 AND 72.6 D. U./ NET ACRE N O
HC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL
GC
OC
MC
MUC
GENERAL COMMERICAL
OFFICE COMMERCIAL
MAJOR COMMERCIAL
MIXED USE MAJOR/ OFFICE COMMERCIAL
LI
HI
SI
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
SERVICE INDUSTRIAL
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
P
PS
PT
P- SW
LR/ PS
INCLUDES: GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS,
PUBLIC UTILITIES, CEMETERIES, SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANTS, WASTE DISPOSAL SITES
AND OTHER PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITIES
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR
SOLID WASTE FACILITY SITES
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL/
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
OS
OS- P
OS- S
INCLUDES: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AREAS,
AGRICULTURE AND FLOODPLAINS
PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES
SLOPES EXCEEDING 30%
R- IA
R- EA
R- MP
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE: MINIMUM
20 ACRE PARCEL SIZE
EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE: MINIMUM 20 ACRE
PARCEL SIZE ( LANDS UNDER WILLIAMSON ACT:
MINIMUM 80 ACRE PARCEL)
MINERAL PETROLEUM AND MINIMUM
5 ACRE PARCEL
RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL
PUBLIC FACILITIES
OPEN SPACE
RESOURCE
COMMERCIAL