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DrainageSet by county fee ordinanceCitation Gov. Code 66483 planned local drainage areas; adopting ordinances uncodified (Kern County fee codes 330-334)

Planned Local Drainage Area fees

Levied by Kern County Public Works Department on new development in Kern County (unincorporated).

What one house pays

$330

This fee is not in Kern County (unincorporated)'s published figure. This site publishes a home outside any plan area, and this charge applies only in Planned Local Drainage Areas (Breckenridge, Brundage Lane, Oildale, Orangewood, Shalimar). The amount shown is what it costs a house that is there.

Total one-time fees here
$31,204
Adjustment
Not recorded

The record

Where it applies

“Planned Local Drainage Area - Oildale”

Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule, eff. 2026-07-01, p. 4, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT block, "Fee Description" column; the schedule names five such areas by name in that column and defines no boundary, acreage or map for any of them · source document ↗
Who collects it

Kern County Public Works Department, the agency that levies it

“PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT:”

Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule, eff. 2026-07-01, p. 4, section banner immediately above and below the five drainage rows; the five amounts are printed in the sheet's "Public Works" Amount column and repeated unchanged in its "TOTAL AMOUNT" column · source document ↗

Every published rate

RateBasisEffectiveAmount
Oildale
per gross acre 1 Jul 2026 $2,540
the line this rate was read from

“Planned Local Drainage Area - Oildale | (1965) 3390 | 334 | $2,540/gr ac”

Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule, eff. 2026-07-01, p. 4, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT block; pipes mark column breaks — Fee Description / Rev Code / Fee Code / Amount · source document ↗
Orangewood
per gross acre 1 Jul 2026 $1,935
the line this rate was read from

“Planned Local Drainage Area - Orangewood | (1961) 3390 | 332 | $1,935/gr ac”

Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule, eff. 2026-07-01, p. 4, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT block; pipes mark column breaks — Fee Description / Rev Code / Fee Code / Amount · source document ↗
Breckenridge
per gross acre 1 Jul 2026 $1,896
the line this rate was read from

“Planned Local Drain. Area - Breckenridge | (1964) 3390 | 333 | $1,896/gr ac”

Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule, header "Updated 6/30/26-Eff Date 7/1/26-EH Fees Updated", p. 4, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT block; pipes mark column breaks — Fee Description / Rev Code / Fee Code / Amount. "$1,896/gr ac" repeats in the TOTAL AMOUNT column. · source document ↗
Shalimar
per gross acre 1 Jul 2026 $1,690
the line this rate was read from

“Planned Local Drainage Area - Shalimar | (1962) 3390 | 330 | $1,689.50/gr ac”

Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule, eff. 2026-07-01, p. 4, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT block; pipes mark column breaks — Fee Description / Rev Code / Fee Code / Amount · source document ↗
Brundage Lane
per gross acre 1 Jul 2026 $1,037
the line this rate was read from

“Planned Local Drainage Area - Brundage Lane | (1963) 3390 | 331 | $1,037/gr ac”

Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule, eff. 2026-07-01, p. 4, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT block; pipes mark column breaks — Fee Description / Rev Code / Fee Code / Amount · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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