Environmental Rules in Kings County, CA (2026)

Kings County Development Code, Article 6 § 606.G

All new development within the communities of Armona, Home Garden, Kettleman City, and Stratford shall integrate onsite stormwater drainage features such as small catch basins, rain gardens, and landscape depression basins into their site plans to increase the stormwater detention throughout the community. C Commercial Art. 6 Zoning Districts ...

Kings County Development Code, Article 23 § 2304.B

B. Public Works Department: It shall be the responsibility of the Public Works Director, acting upon the recommendation of the County Surveyor and Road Commissioner, to recommend approval, conditional approval or disapproval of Tentative Maps based upon evaluation of the improvements proposed by the developer. Recommendations on such improvements shall include: 1. Geom...

Kings County Code §§ 5A-5, 5A-7

This chapter shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the unincorporated territory of the County of Kings, State of California. ... No structure or land shall hereafter be constructed, located, extended, converted or altered without full compliance with the terms of this chapter and other applicable regulations.

Kings County Code §§ 5A-11, 5A-26(2)(c)(1)

Base flood elevation: (BFE) means the elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map for Zones AE, AH, A1—30, VE and V1—V30 that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a 1-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. ... New residential and nonresidential construction and substantial improvement of any structure shall comply with sect...