Redlands, CA Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

070 adopts and amends California Building Code Appendix J Sections J101 through J113 as the City's grading regulations, with the City Engineer named as the enforcement authority in place of the Chief Building Official. 3, titled "Temporary erosion control during construction," which requires every permittee to put into effect and maintain all precautionary measures necessary to protect adjacent watercourses and public or private property from damage by erosion, flooding, and deposition of mud or debris originating from the site during the grading operation, and this duty applies regardless of lot size.

The same section separately adds Section J112, "Protection of adjacent property," making the permittee responsible for preventing damage to adjoining land during grading, and Section J113, "Dust control," which requires precautionary measures against dust blowing onto adjacent properties and a dust control sign with contact information posted before permit issuance. 2) exempts limited categories such as fills under one foot on slopes flatter than 20 percent, cuts under three feet not exceeding 50 cubic yards, cemetery graves, utility trenches, and agricultural disking. Subsection A confirms the chapter governs grading, excavation and earthwork construction including fills and embankments, and that a geotechnical report controls over the chapter's technical requirements where the two conflict. 138), which ties compliance to best management practices defined in the Redlands Southeast General Plan Amendment EIR.