Redondo Beach, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2025 California Plumbing Code
- Permit expiration
- 180 days if work not started
- Sewer cleanout
- 6-inch, at property line
- Max extension
- up to 2 years from issuance
- Max fine
- $1,000 per violation per day
Summary
Redondo Beach adopts the 2025 California Plumbing Code by reference to govern plumbing, house drainage, sewers, septic systems, and gas piping citywide, requiring permits through the Building Official and a six-inch cleanout on every new or replaced building sewer.
the rules, regulations, provisions and conditions set forth in that certain Code entitled "2025 California Plumbing Code" including the Appendices A, B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L and M therein contained... are hereby established and adopted as the rules, regulations, and provisions and conditions to be observed and followed in the moving, removal, demolition, condemnation, maintenance and use of plumbing, house drainage, house sewers, sanitary sewers, cesspools, septic tanks, gas piping, gas water heater vents, swimming pools, and gas outlets for swimming pool heaters
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
01 adopts the 2025 California Plumbing Code, with Appendices A, B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L and M, as the city's Plumbing Code covering moving, removal, demolition, maintenance and use of plumbing, house drainage, house sewers, sanitary sewers, cesspools, septic tanks, gas piping, gas water heater vents, swimming pools, and gas outlets for swimming pool heaters. 4. 3 of the Plumbing Code so a plumbing permit becomes invalid unless work commences within 180 days of issuance or is not suspended or abandoned for 180 days after starting; the Building Official may grant extensions of up to 180 days at a time, not exceeding two years from original issuance, on written request showing justifiable cause.
04 sets a specific local standard beyond the model code: in new construction or whenever an existing building sewer is replaced, a six-inch cleanout must be installed on the sewer lateral at the property line and terminate at grade with an approved cover.
Violations & Fines
Plumbing Code violations are punished under § 9-5.03, which incorporates the general building violation penalty at § 9-1.04, Section [A] 114.4: a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment in county jail up to six months, or both, with each day of a continuing violation charged as a separate offense.
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