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TransportationSet by county fee ordinanceCitation Kern County Code ch. 17.60 (Ord. G-6353, 1996, as amended; Table 1 last amended by Ord. No. G-7869, 5-19-09). Code current through Ord. No. G-9410, 2026-07-14.

Transportation Impact Fee - Metropolitan Bakersfield

Charged on new development in Kern County (unincorporated). Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq.

What one house pays

$12,870

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot — this fee varies by zone, so see the full schedule below.

Share of Kern County (unincorporated)'s total: 41%

Total one-time fees here: $31,204

Adjustment: Not recorded

The record

We haven’t read the documents behind this fee yet, so this section is blank rather than guessed.

1,041 of 1,321 fees carry a quoted record; the largest were read first.

Every published rate

Land use	Rate	Basis	Effective	Amount
Non-Core Area
Single-family detached	this home	per DU	19 May 2009	$12,870
“Table 1 / Fee-Per-Trip Chart for Bakersfield Metropolitan Transportation Impact Fee Program / Land Use \| Generator Category \| Impact ... 1 \| Single Family, Detached Residential \| $12,870” Kern County Code s. 17.60.050, Table 1 · source document ↗
Multi-family		per DU	19 May 2009	$6,213
the line this rate was read from “Table 1 / Fee-Per-Trip Chart for Bakersfield Metropolitan Transportation Impact Fee Program / Land Use \| Generator Category \| Impact ... 2 \| Multi-Family Residential \| $6,213” Kern County Code s. 17.60.050, Table 1 · source document ↗
Core Area
Single-family detached		per DU	19 May 2009	$7,747
the line this rate was read from “Table 1 / Fee Per Trip Chart for Bakersfield Metropolitan Transportation Impact Fee Program-Core Area / Land Use \| Generator Category \| Impact ... 1 \| Single Family, Detached Residential \| $7,747” Kern County Code s. 17.60.130(B), Table 1 · source document ↗
Multi-family		per DU	19 May 2009	$3,740
the line this rate was read from “Table 1 / Fee Per Trip Chart for Bakersfield Metropolitan Transportation Impact Fee Program-Core Area / Land Use \| Generator Category \| Impact ... 2 \| Multi-Family Residential \| $3,740” Kern County Code s. 17.60.130(B), Table 1 · source document ↗

Source documents

–Adopting resolution not found
–Nexus study not found
–Annual fee report (AB 1600) not found
–Published fee schedule not found
–Official boundary map not found
↗Source used for the rates

Not found means we couldn’t locate it, not that it doesn’t exist. Every linked document is archived here, so a dead link isn’t a dead citation.

Where this comes from

Facts with a quoted source: 0 of 10 record fields
Read on: 20 Sep 2026
Kind of document: Ordinance or municipal code
Jurisdiction: Kern County (unincorporated)

What “none” means, and what this fee rests on

High: We read this straight from the document that sets the fee: the city's ordinance, the council resolution, or the official fee schedule. This is the strongest kind of source, because the number and the rule come from the agency that charges it, in its own words.
Medium: We read this from an official document, but not the one that sets the fee. It might be a staff report, a study the fee was based on, or another agency's summary of it. These are usually right, but they can lag behind a change or describe a fee differently from the document that sets it. We also use medium when the agency's own documents disagree with each other.
Low: We could not find this in a current official document. It may come from an older version of the schedule, a secondary source, or from how the agency appears to apply the fee in practice. Treat it as a lead and check with the agency before relying on it.
Derived: Not read from a document at all. Filled in from the type of fee, such as which law authorizes it. Shown separately so it is never mistaken for a quotation.

On this page

What law authorizes it · Derivedderived: instrument lookup

The same four levels, on the Methodology page.

Cite this page

Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · retrieved 20 Sep 2026

Development Fee Index, “Transportation Impact Fee - Metropolitan Bakersfield, Kern County (unincorporated)”. Figures retrieved 20 Sep 2026 from the documents listed above.

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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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