Kern County

Tentative map review fee: $4,888 plus $75/lot (Tentative Parcel Map, base application) source · verified 2026-07

From the county's official 'Kern County Land Development Services Fee Schedule,' header dated 'Updated December 19, 2025-Eff Date 1/1/26.' Line item 'Tentative Parcel Map' (Fee Code MAP-001) breaks down as Planning & Natural Resources $1,513 + Env. Health Services (EHS-090) $595 + Public Works (fee code 311 A) $2,780 plus = $4,888 plus $75/lot total. The three departmental sub-amounts sum correctly to the stated total, which is internal corroboration within the same official document (single external source, but self-consistent line-item math verified by hand: 1,513+595+2,780=4,888). A 'Tent Parcel Map Prelim Review' fee of $1,872 (MAP-P01) is also listed as a separate, optional pre-application step. PDF was downloaded directly from the linked psbweb.co.kern.ca.us host (not just recalled) and text-extracted with pdftotext -layout.

Recording fee: $6.00 for the first page of a map (Gov. Code §66434) plus the standard per-page recording fee of $7.00 first page / $3.00 each additional page (Gov. Code §27372) — i.e. roughly $13/first page, $3/each additional page, consistent with the county's general document recording fee source · verified 2026-07

IMPORTANT CAVEAT: the only fee schedule PDF located and successfully text-extracted is an older Kern County Assessor-Recorder schedule (filename suggests 2018 vintage) mirrored on a third-party cloudfront archive; the county's own current page (kerncounty.com/government/departments/assessor-recorder/records/recorder-fee-schedule) returned HTTP 403 to both WebFetch and curl (Akamai bot-block), so the current live figure could not be independently re-verified in this session. The $6/$7/$3 figures appear twice within the same PDF (a summary table and a detail table), which is internal corroboration only, not a second independent source. Treat this fee as needing a live re-check via the Recorder's office directly (or the Recorder's live web page from a non-blocked context) before publishing as current.

Tentative map review fee: $10,830.75 (Parcel Map, tentative); $10,033.75 for a Revised Parcel Map; $2,995 for a Parcel Map Waiver source · verified 2026-07

From the City's official 'Planning Application Packet 1-1-2026' PDF (downloaded directly, text-extracted with pdftotext -layout), 'LAND DIVISIONS (tentative maps only)' fee table. Fee is stated to include 'all public hearing, environmental processing/posting, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife, and administrative charges' (i.e. an all-in bundled fee, not itemized by department the way the county's schedule is). Only one source document was found/used for this figure — no second independent corroborating source (e.g. a council resolution PDF) was located in this session, so this is single-sourced. Fee is set by City Council resolution per the ordinance; the packet's 1-1-2026 effective date makes it current as of the July 2026 research date.

Recording fee: Not separately administered by the City — final/parcel maps for Bakersfield subdivisions are recorded at the Kern County Recorder's Office (1530 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301), subject to the same county recording fees noted above source · verified 2026-07

California cities do not operate their own recording offices; all recorded instruments/maps for property within Bakersfield are recorded with the Kern County Recorder. This is standard statewide practice (Gov. Code recording authority runs through the county recorder) rather than a Bakersfield-specific citation, and is asserted here based on that background rather than a document specific to the city.