Environmental Rules in Redding, CA (2026)
4 verified environmental rules for Redding, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Stormwater Management
Redding bans discharging any pollutant into the city's stormwater conveyance system or receiving waters when it violates a receiving water limitation or the municipal NPDES permit. The public works director administers Chapter 14.19, and illicit connections must be disconnected within thirty days of notice or the connection itself becomes a separate violation.
Redding Stormwater Discharge Rules
Some RestrictionsRedding, CA Municipal Code §§ 14.19.090, 14.19.140
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, or cause to be discharged, any non-stormwater, stormwater or pollutant to the city stormwater conveyance system or to receiving waters which results in, or contributes to a violation of a receiving water limitation or a violation of the municipal general permit. ... No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, d...
Erosion Control
Redding's Grading Ordinance requires a city engineer permit before clearing, grading, or importing or exporting earth material on most sites, with narrow exemptions for small excavations and fills. Any grading within fifty feet of a seasonal watercourse or in a hundred-year floodplain needs a permit regardless of size, and erosion controls must follow the city's design manual.
Redding Grading Erosion Control Rules
Some RestrictionsRedding, CA Municipal Code §§ 16.12.050, 16.12.140
Except as otherwise exempted in Section 16.12.030 or excepted pursuant to Section 16.12.050(B), no person shall commence or perform any clearing or grading, and no person shall export or import any earth materials to or from any site unless pursuant to a written permit from the office of the city engineer. The permit shall be in the name of the property owner. A separate permit shall be require...
Flood Zones
Redding's 'FP' Floodplain Overlay District, adopted to keep the city eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program, splits every mapped floodplain into a floodway where development is largely prohibited and a flood fringe where only limited or use-permitted activity is allowed. Structures other than those specifically listed cannot be located in the floodway at all under Section 18.51.040.
Redding Floodplain Overlay District Rules
Significant RestrictionsRedding Municipal Code §§ 18.51.030(A), 18.51.040
A.Applicability. The regulations of this chapter provide seven levels of protection within and along waterways of the "FP" Floodplain Overlay District by (1) generally prohibiting development within the floodway, (2) allowing only limited use and development in the flood fringe, (3) regulating uses and development on properties contiguous to the flood fringe and outside of the floodplain, which...
Flood Elevation Requirements
New residential construction in Redding's mapped flood zones must have its lowest floor at least one foot above the base flood elevation under Municipal Code Section 18.51.080(D)(1), and any levee built for flood protection needs a minimum of three feet of freeboard above the base flood water surface under Section 18.51.080(G)(1)(a).
Redding Base Flood Elevation Requirements
Significant RestrictionsRedding Municipal Code § 18.51.080(D)(1), (G)(1)(a)
Residential construction, and accessory structures thereto, including new or substantial improvement in flood zones A, AE, AO, or A1-30, shall have the lowest floor, including basement and machinery and equipment servicing the building, elevated a minimum of one foot above the base flood elevation, as determined by the FIRM maps, by the method in Section 18.51.100, or by the Citywide Master Sto...
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