Local Rules Near Downtown Redding

Redding treats a habitually barking, howling or screeching animal as a public nuisance under RMC § 7.04.090. Noise that runs continuously for ten minutes, or intermittently for thirty minutes at any hour, counts as an unreasonable disturbance, and an animal control officer can act after a written complaint signed by two people from different households.

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.24.030 requires every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, ATV, go-cart, or minibike ridden off an improved street to run a constantly maintained muffler meeting state Vehicle Code Section 38370, with no cutout or bypass device. The rule targets noise from off-road riding on vacant lots, easements, and private acreage citywide, not street-legal exhaust systems.

Redding cuts its allowable noise level at night: Schedule 18.40.100-A drops the residential exterior limit from 55 decibels in the daytime to 45 decibels between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. On top of that hourly limit, Section 18.40.100(F) bans specific noisy activities, including power tools, loading and unloading, and construction work, during set nighttime and weekend hours.

Redding Municipal Code § 2.56.060 requires a park facilities reservation permit for any amplified speech or music in a city park, caps volume at 75 decibels measured 50 yards out, and confines that amplified sound to the hours of 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. absent a special waiver.

Redding caps exterior noise by zone and time of day under Section 18.40.100. Residential property lines can't take more than 45 dB at night and 55 dB by day; office and commercial areas top out at 55 dB at night and 65 dB by day. Exceeding the limit is a declared public nuisance.

RMC 18.40.100(F)(3) restricts domestic power tools - including leaf blowers and lawn and garden equipment - across residential or commercial property lines. Use is prohibited 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekends and legal holidays. Redding has no outright gas-blower ban.

Redding requires every short-term rental to get city approval before operating: hosted homestays need a Letter of Determination from the Development Services director, while whole-home vacation rentals need a discretionary Site Development Permit under Chapters 18.11 and 18.13, and both permit types expire after twelve months and must be renewed.

Redding caps hosted homestay rentals at one hundred eighty days per calendar year per property, and separately limits the entire city to no more than four hundred vacation rental permits active at any one time, so both a per-owner day limit and a hard citywide inventory ceiling apply.

Redding short-term rental permits must specify on-site parking spaces for tenants, with at least two spaces required in the primary driveway or another on-site location, no street parking allowed, and no converting front-yard landscaping into extra parking to meet the minimum.

Redding short-term rental guests pay a 10% transient occupancy tax under Chapter 4.12, and operators must also hold a City business license and print their TOT and business license numbers on every advertisement, with tax delinquency penalties reaching 45% plus 1.5% monthly interest.

Redding caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per rented bedroom under RMC 18.43.180. A vacation rental cannot be rented to multiple separate parties at the same time. The ordinance also limits vacation rentals to 180 rental-days per calendar year. Children typically count toward the per-bedroom cap, with infants commonly excluded.

Redding requires every short-term rental's house policies to enforce outdoor quiet hours between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., banning outdoor activity during that window, and separately bars hosting weddings, parties, or other non-guest events on the property at any time.

Redding limits its 'hosted homestay' permit to an owner-occupied home where the property owner both applies and lives, while its separate whole-home vacation rental permit, capped citywide at 400, has no such residency requirement and can be a non-owner-occupied investment property.

Redding's hosted homestay rules require the property owner to be the permit applicant and to actually occupy the home while paying guests rent rooms, with narrow exceptions only for routine daily errands; there is no equivalent host-presence rule for whole-home vacation rentals.

Redding property owners must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around every habitable structure under California Public Resources Code Section 4291 (State Responsibility Area) and Government Code Section 51182 (Local Responsibility Area Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone). Vegetation management is also enforced through Redding Municipal Code Chapter 9.36 (Weed and Rubbish Abatement). The Redding Fire Department conducts annual defensible-space inspections.

Redding bans new bulk liquefied-petroleum-gas storage anywhere inside city limits except in the G-1 and H-1 industrial zones, where it is allowed only with an approved use permit. Every LP-gas dispensing tank in the city must sit on a concrete pad under the fire code amendment adopted in 2022.

Every permitted short-term rental in Redding, whether a hosted homestay or a full vacation rental, must keep working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors installed under Redding Municipal Code Section 18.43.180(E)(9). Development Services treats the detectors as a standing permit condition, not a one-time inspection item, so a lapse can trigger a citation or loss of the rental permit.

Large portions of Redding, particularly west of Interstate 5, around Lake Redding, Mary Lake, Buckeye, and the Sacramento River canyon, are mapped as Local Responsibility Area Very High, High, or Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the State Fire Marshal's February 24, 2025 update. The City was required to designate the zones by ordinance within 120 days. Designation triggers 100-foot defensible space, California Building Code Chapter 7A wildland-urban-interface construction standards, and Natural Hazard Disclosure at sale.

Redding bans burning uncut vegetation or weeds outright and requires a fire-code-official permit for any bonfire, limiting most open burning to a door-yard window the Shasta County Air Quality Control District sets, under RMC § 9.20.100 amending the 2021 International Fire Code.

Redding bans possessing, transporting, discharging, or igniting any firecrackers, sky rockets, or fireworks of any kind within city limits unless the person first obtains a city permit, effectively outlawing personal fireworks use citywide under RMC § 9.20.180.

On-street parking in Redding is governed by Redding Municipal Code Chapter 11.24 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) together with the California Vehicle Code. The City does not impose a citywide overnight ban on residential streets, but standard prohibitions apply: no parking in marked red, yellow, white, or blue zones, no blocking driveways or fire hydrants, no parking on sidewalks or against traffic, and no parking for more than 72 consecutive hours. Downtown Redding has a managed parking program operated through Parking and Transportation.

Redding requires residential driveways up to 150 feet long to be paved end-to-end with asphalt, concrete or chip-and-seal under Section 18.41.080(B). Longer driveways can get a paving waiver from the director if the first thirty feet off the street is paved and fire marshal surfacing standards are met.

Redding bars recreational vehicles, campers, boats and trailers from sitting in a residential front-yard or street-side setback under Municipal Code Section 18.31.030(8), though owners may keep them in an interior side yard or rear yard, or park one in front for up to seventy-two hours a week for active loading and unloading.

Redding does not impose a citywide overnight parking ban on passenger vehicles. On most residential streets, vehicles may park overnight provided they do not remain in one place for more than 72 consecutive hours under California Vehicle Code §22651(k). Designated residential permit-parking areas (RMC §11.24.340), downtown short-term zones, and signed time-limited blocks impose additional restrictions. Heavy commercial vehicles over 10,000 lbs may be subject to a posted overnight restriction under CVC §22507.5.

Redding adopts the California Building Standards Code and the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) under Redding Municipal Code Title 16. New one- and two-family residences must install at least one EV-ready parking space (40-amp, 208/240-volt branch circuit) under CALGreen §A4.106.8 / §4.106.4 as adopted in California. Installation of Level 2 home chargers requires an electrical permit through Redding Development Services. HOAs cannot prohibit owner EVSE under California Civil Code §4745.

Redding Municipal Code Section 11.24.070 bars parking a commercial vehicle or trailer weighing 10,000 pounds or more, or longer than 25 feet, in a residential district or on any street or right-of-way adjacent to one. Vehicles actively loading or making a service call, and on-call tow trucks, are exempted.

Redding Municipal Code Section 11.24.120 caps loading-zone stops at three minutes for passengers and twenty minutes for materials once the city council designates a zone by resolution. A vehicle that hasn't moved at least 150 feet after that time expires is still treated as parked in the zone.

Redding Municipal Code Section 11.24.350 lets the city council create a residential parking permit district when non-resident parking blocks eighty-five percent of a predominantly residential street's available spaces. Only vehicles registered to and used by residents of the designated area may then park there, and residents can petition to add or remove streets.

Abandoned and inoperable vehicles in Redding are handled under Redding Municipal Code Chapter 11.24 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) and the City's nuisance-abatement framework, with state authority drawn from California Vehicle Code §§22651, 22669, 22660–22671, and California Health & Safety Code §40050 et seq. (Abandoned Vehicle Abatement). Vehicles parked on public streets more than 72 consecutive hours may be towed under CVC §22651(k); wrecked or inoperable vehicles on private property visible from the public way are abated as a public nuisance.

Redding limits residential fences to three feet in a required front yard or within ten feet of a street-side property line, six feet elsewhere, and seven feet along an interior side or rear yard that doesn't front a public street. Nonresidential fences generally cap at six feet under Section 18.40.180.

Redding's Zoning Code (RMC §18.40.180) regulates fence height, location, and materials, but private boundary-fence disputes are governed by California Civil Code §841 - the Good Neighbor Fence Act of 2013. Section 841 presumes adjoining landowners share equally the responsibility and cost of a partition fence and requires 30 days' written notice with cost estimate, scope, and timeline before building or repairing. Disputes are heard in Shasta County Superior Court, not at City Hall.

Redding bans anyone from placing, using or maintaining barbed wire on a fence that fronts a public lane, alley, avenue, street, highway, sidewalk, crosswalk, park or place, under Redding Municipal Code § 13.12.030, regardless of the property's zoning district.

Redding caps most households at six dogs or six cats, or any combination totaling six, once each animal passes four months old, unless the owner holds a kennel license under RMC § 7.04.150. A single pot-bellied pig is also allowed, but it counts toward that same six-animal ceiling alongside any dogs and cats.

Within Redding's two designated wild bird sanctuaries, Turtle Bay and Turtle Bay East, it is unlawful at any time to hunt, trap, kill, or destroy any bird or to molest or damage a nest or eggs, under Chapter 7.24, though the city council can order pest-bird control when a species becomes a nuisance.

Redding zones pet grooming under its 'Animal Sales and Services' use classification, which also covers boarding and small-animal medical care run as a commercial business. Section 18.60.040(B) defines the use, and Schedule 18.33.020-A permits it outright in most commercial districts while capping it to 5,000 square feet in Neighborhood Commercial zones and banning outdoor kennels next to residential districts.

Redding Zoning Ordinance Section 18.43.040(I) provides that the keeping of exotic or wild animals may be permitted only subject to issuance of a site development permit and any required California Fish and Wildlife permits. California Code of Regulations Title 14 Section 671 separately classifies a wide range of species as restricted and requires a permit from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) before they may be imported, transported, or possessed in California: many common exotics (ferrets, hedgehogs, many primates, large carnivores) are prohibited or restricted under state law.

Redding zones veterinary care under two classifications in its commercial districts: "Animal Sales and Services," permitted in Shopping Center, Regional Commercial, General Commercial and Heavy Commercial zones, and "Large Animal Veterinary Services," permitted only in General Commercial and Heavy Commercial. Outdoor kennels are barred wherever the use sits next to a residential district.

Letting any animal run loose in Redding is a declared nuisance and a misdemeanor under RMC § 7.04.050, unless the animal stays on private property under its owner's exclusive control or inside a city-designated off-leash dog exercise area. Animal control can pursue the violation criminally or through Chapter 1.13's administrative citation process.

Redding bars anyone from feeding cats outdoors by leaving food on the ground or in containers on public property, and even on private land food can only go out for cats the household actually owns, in containers brought in overnight, under RMC § 7.04.060(B). Cats, unlike dogs, can be kept outside without a securing enclosure under § 7.04.080.

Redding lets residents keep chickens, ducks, geese and other fowl, but only 40 feet from any occupied dwelling other than their own, 15 feet from side and rear lines, and 50 feet from the front line, under RMC § 7.04.120. Roosters over three months old, peafowl and guinea fowl are banned citywide under § 7.04.130.

Redding does not have a breed-specific dog ordinance and cannot enact one. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 expressly preempts local breed bans: cities and counties may not adopt dog-control ordinances that are specific to any breed. Redding may regulate dangerous behavior on an individual-dog basis under the state dangerous and vicious dog statutes at Food & Ag Code Sections 31601-31683, but no breed (including pit bulls, Rottweilers, and German shepherds) may be singled out for prohibition or numerical restriction.

Redding does not ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats or other animals: RMC § 7.04.160 only bars selling, bartering or giving away animals on streets, sidewalks, trails, or in front of stores and shopping centers, and expressly protects licensed pet shops and feed stores that sell animals on their own premises.

Redding has no general pet microchip mandate, but once a dog is formally classified dangerous after an administrative hearing, its owner has ten business days to implant an identification microchip, one of more than a dozen mandatory conditions the city can impose under RMC § 7.13.110.

Redding lets residents keep up to three bee colonies at home if the lot has at least 6,000 square feet, but the keeper must first get a zoning clearance from the Development Services Director and sign an affidavit agreeing to meet hive height, registration, and barrier standards under Chapter 7.08.

Redding requires a tree removal permit before anyone kills, destroys, or removes a tree over six inches in trunk diameter, developed lot or vacant land, under Municipal Code Section 18.45.030. Skipping the permit exposes the owner to a fine of up to two thousand dollars per tree under Section 18.45.100, plus mandatory replacement planting.

Trimming a tree on private property in Redding generally does not require a City permit so long as the work does not effectively kill the tree or breach the City's tree-management rules (RMC Chapter 18.45). Street trees in the public right-of-way are governed by RMC Title 13, Chapter 13.40 (Trees and Shrubs), administered by Public Works. Redding Electric Utility (REU) prunes for line clearance per Public Utilities Commission and CPUC General Order 95 standards. California common-law self-help allows trimming a neighbor's overhanging branches up to the property line.

The Redding Water Utility currently operates at Stage 1 - Year-Round Conservation, which is voluntary, with an odd/even outdoor watering schedule and prohibitions on hosing hardscapes or irrigating within 48 hours of rainfall. Higher-stage mandatory restrictions are codified in the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (RMC Chapter 14.09) referenced through RMC Chapter 14.08 (Water). California Water Code §365 et seq. and statewide State Water Resources Control Board emergency drought regulations layer additional restrictions during declared drought.

Weed control in Redding is driven first and foremost by California fire law. Public Resources Code §4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around any structure in or adjacent to a State Responsibility Area, with annual grasses mowed to about 4 inches. Redding lies within and adjacent to mapped Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (Cal Fire FHSZ maps, PRC §§4201-4204). The Shasta County Fire Safe Council and Redding Fire Department coordinate annual weed-abatement outreach and enforcement.

Since January 2024, all City of Redding residents are required by California Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, 2016; Public Resources Code §42652+) to separate food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard trimmings into the City's Organics cart for collection by Recycling and Solid Waste. Backyard composting on private residential lots is permitted and encouraged. Open burning of yard waste is prohibited within Redding city limits and regulated by the Shasta County Air Quality Management District.

Redding bars customers or clients from visiting a home business at all, with one narrow exception: Municipal Code Section 18.43.110(A)(7) allows up to two clients at a time for educational, therapeutic, or counseling services, plus direct sales from a cottage food operation. The ordinance also caps any home occupation's traffic at what is normal for the neighborhood, requiring no more than one extra parked vehicle.

Redding bans on-site advertising for any home occupation. Municipal Code Section 18.43.110(A)(13) allows only one narrow exception: a commercial vehicle already permitted at the residence may carry signage naming the business, but that sign cannot show the business address, and no other sign, banner, or advertising display is allowed anywhere on the property.

Redding's zoning code lists family day care homes as an outright permitted use, not a conditional one, in every residential zoning district. Schedule 18.31.020-A designates both "Family Day Care, 6 or fewer" and "Family Day Care, 7-14" as "P" in the RE, RS and RM districts, and Schedule 18.30.020-A does the same for the RL rural-lands district.

Redding allows a home-based business in every residential zoning district, but only under Municipal Code Section 18.43.110's standards. The activity must produce no exterior evidence of a business, must stay inside an enclosed living area or the garage, and cannot occupy more than twenty-five percent of the dwelling's gross floor area. A business license through the city clerk is required before operating, and the applicant must sign a home occupation affidavit confirming they understand the standards.

Redding pool owners must comply with a stack of safety rules: (1) California Electrical Code §680.9 - overhead conductors must clear the pool by 22.5 feet (10 feet for phone/cable); (2) the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act (15 U.S.C. §8003) anti-entrapment drain covers; (3) Title 24 Part 6 energy rules for pool heaters; (4) indirect-type pool water discharge to a dry well or subsoil irrigation (no neighbor encroachment); and (5) a GFCI 125V outlet between 6 and 20 feet from the pool wall.

Redding requires a building permit to install any in-ground swimming pool, per the California Building Code as adopted by the City. Aboveground pre-fabricated pools no greater than 5,000 gallons and less than 24 inches deep are exempt from the building permit, but any pool of any size needs separate electrical and plumbing permits for pumps, heaters, and gas lines. Permits are issued through the Development Services Permit Center at 777 Cypress Avenue.

Redding allows accessory dwelling units by right on any lot zoned RL, RE, RS, RM, GO, GC, GC-VR, DCD, or DMUD under Municipal Code Section 18.43.140. An ADU does not count toward density, needs no discretionary permit or public hearing, and the city must approve or deny a complete building permit application within sixty days.

Redding lets homeowners build sheds under 120 square feet without a building permit under Section 18.43.020(C), but they still can't sit in a front or street-side setback. Bigger detached accessory structures in RE, RS and RM zones are capped at 1,500 square feet total and 22 feet tall.

Redding removes the one-thousand-square-foot ADU size cap when the unit is a converted accessory structure. Municipal Code Section 18.43.140(F)(2)(b) allows a converted garage or similar structure of any size to become an ADU, and if it already exceeds one thousand square feet, it may still be expanded by up to one hundred fifty square feet for ingress and egress.

Redding requires the property owner to live on-site if the lot has a junior accessory dwelling unit, but not if the lot has only a standard accessory dwelling unit. Municipal Code Section 18.43.140(I)(3) draws this owner-occupancy line, tying the requirement to the JADU's shared-entry, shared-utility design rather than to standalone ADUs.

Redding bans short-term rentals of accessory dwelling units outright. Municipal Code Section 18.43.140(I)(1) sets a thirty-day minimum lease for any unit on a property developed with an ADU or junior ADU and separately prohibits using either unit as a short-term rental as defined in the city's Section 18.43.180.

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 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'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.

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 has not opted out of commercial cannabis: retail sales are legal citywide under a city license, but Municipal Code Section 6.12.390 caps the number of licensed cannabis retailers at ten, and lets the city manager authorize fewer if needed to protect public health and safety. Unlicensed retail cannabis sales remain a public nuisance under Section 6.12.380.

Redding bars cannabis businesses from locating within six hundred feet of a K-12 school, public park, public library, or youth-oriented facility, and pushes that buffer out to one thousand feet specifically for cannabis retailers under Municipal Code Section 6.12.350. Distances run property line to property line, not from doorway to doorway.

Redding administratively approves a permit for a small residential rooftop solar system, capped at ten kilowatts AC or thirty kilowatts thermal on a single or duplex home, once the building official confirms the application meets the city's published checklist. A separate approval from Redding Electric Utility is required before connecting to the grid.

Redding's building official must maintain a published checklist letting small residential rooftop solar systems qualify for expedited review, and once eligible, the project gets only one required inspection, done in a timely manner and sometimes combined with a fire chief inspection. A failed inspection triggers a follow-up visit outside that one-inspection rule.

Redding prohibits both traditional billboards and electronic message board signs outright. Under Section 18.42.080(B) and (D), freestanding off-site billboards and any sign that changes its message electronically are barred citywide, with only a narrow exception for monument or wall-mounted message boards inside the Public Facilities zoning district.

Redding allows only one freeway sign per qualifying parcel, capped at 400 square feet and 60 feet tall (70 feet with findings), and requires a discretionary use permit under Section 18.42.040(D). Eligible sites must sit within 500 feet of a freeway lane, or 1,000 feet of I-5, with a large single-tenant building or shopping center.

Redding's sign code defines a window sign as anything placed inside a window or within twelve inches of the glass that is visible from outside, and it treats window-painted advertising as a form of temporary signage. The city caps how much of a lot's total sign allowance can go toward that category: only ten percent is reserved for temporary promotional advertising, banners included.

Political signs in Redding are protected speech under the First Amendment and must be regulated content-neutrally under Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 576 U.S. 155 (2015). Redding's sign rules sit in Redding Municipal Code Title 18 (Zoning), and California Government Code §65850.4 and Civil Code §1947.15 protect tenant displays. Reasonable time, place, and manner rules, size, setback, structural safety, right-of-way placement, apply equally to all temporary noncommercial signs, not just political ones.

Redding Municipal Code Chapter 1.15 (Abatement of Properties, Buildings, and Conditions) is the city's blight-abatement framework. It authorizes Code Enforcement to declare properties with accumulated trash, abandoned vehicles, overgrown vegetation, tall weeds, dead trees, graffiti, or deteriorated structures as public nuisances and to abate them at the owner's expense. California Health & Safety Code §17920.3 (substandard housing) supplies parallel state-law authority for habitability conditions, and unpaid abatement costs become a special assessment on the parcel.

Redding has no codified snow-removal ordinance: measurable snowfall in the city core (elevation ~560 ft, Cfa/hot-summer Mediterranean climate) is rare. California Streets & Highways Code §5610 makes the adjacent property owner responsible for maintaining and repairing the sidewalk fronting their lot year-round, and Redding Municipal Code Chapter 1.15 (Abatement of Properties, Buildings, and Conditions) treats overgrown vegetation, debris, and tripping hazards on the sidewalk as nuisance conditions the owner must abate.

Redding requires all exterior lighting on new commercial, office and industrial development to be shielded so the bulb or tube itself is never visible from an adjacent property or the public right-of-way. Parking-lot and building lighting must be fully shielded and directed downward, and floodlighting is discouraged unless shielded against light trespass. The rule sits in Section 18.40.090.

Redding's zoning code requires exterior lighting on commercial, office, and industrial properties to stay on-site. Under Section 18.40.090(B), every fixture must be shielded so its light source is never visible from an adjacent property, and floodlighting specifically must be blocked from crossing the property line or shining above a ninety-degree horizontal plane.

Redding has no local rent control ordinance. Rent in Redding is governed by California's statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482, Civil Code §1947.12), which caps annual rent increases on covered units at the lower of 5%+CPI or 10% per 12-month period. Single-family homes not owned by a corporation or REIT and housing built within the last 15 years are exempt. The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Civil Code §1954.50) bars any local rent control on single-family homes and post-1995 construction.

Security deposits on Redding residential rentals are capped at one month's rent under California AB 12, effective July 1, 2024, codified at Civil Code §1950.5(c). Small landlords owning two or fewer properties with no more than four total units may charge up to two months' rent. Deposits must be returned within 21 days of move-out with an itemized statement of deductions.

Landlords who rent out more than two residential units in Redding must hold a business license and pay an annual per-unit fee under Municipal Code Section 6.04.150. Owners of two or fewer rental units are exempt, while commercial landlords pay a separate fee scaled to the square footage of leased nonresidential space.

Redding has no local just-cause ordinance, so the statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482, Civil Code §1946.2) controls. After 12 months of continuous occupancy, a landlord may terminate tenancy only for at-fault cause (non-payment, breach, nuisance) or no-fault cause (owner move-in, withdrawal from market, substantial remodel, government order). No-fault terminations require one month of rent as relocation assistance or waiver of the final month's rent.

Dumping garbage, rubbish, or any nuisance matter on Redding streets, sidewalks, parks, vacant lots, or private property without consent is an infraction under the city's solid waste code, with fines that climb from $100 to $500 for repeat violations within a year.

Redding requires automated refuse carts to sit within two feet of the curb on collection day, out no earlier than 12 hours before pickup and returned to a screened storage spot within 12 hours after, so containers stay out of view from the street the rest of the week.

Redding will not collect large household items such as refrigerators, washing machines, furniture, or appliances through ordinary cart service. Section 9.28.150(G) requires residents to arrange special bulky-item pickup through the city or dispose of the item through an authorized self-hauler, keeping oversized waste separate from routine weekly collection.

Every single-family home, multifamily building, and commercial property in Redding must maintain a subscription for regular solid waste collection from the city, or arrange permitted self-hauling, so that no premises in the city goes without organized disposal service.

Redding collects tree trimmings, limbs, trunks, stumps, brush, and garden trimmings without a can, but only if each piece is under six inches in diameter, four feet long, and seventy-five pounds, and the material is tied into secure bundles for pickup.

Redding operates a single-stream blue cart for recycling under Redding Municipal Code Chapter 9.28 (Solid Waste and Recycling), administered by the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility. California AB 341 (Public Resources Code §42649+) requires businesses generating 4+ cubic yards/week to recycle; AB 1826 (PRC §42649.81+) extends the rule to commercial organics; SB 1383 (PRC §42652+) is the comprehensive residential and business organics mandate, with Redding resident enforcement that began in January 2024.

The City of Redding collects single-family trash once a week on a route-based day. Find your day by address using the city's Waste Wizard tool or Solid Waste app. Holiday weeks push affected routes one day later.

Food trucks in Redding need a Mobile Food Facility (MFF) permit from Shasta County Environmental Health under the California Retail Food Code (CalCode, Health & Safety Code §113700 et seq.), a Redding Business License under RMC Chapter 6.02, a California seller's permit, and zoning compliance for each operating location. Sidewalk food vending is protected statewide by SB 946 (the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act) at Government Code §51036 et seq.

Mobile food vending in Redding is governed by Shasta County Environmental Health permits (state Retail Food Code, Health & Safety Code §113700 et seq.), a Redding business license under Title 6, and the city's zoning rules in Redding Municipal Code Title 18. Sidewalk food vending statewide must be permitted on non-criminal terms under California's Safe Sidewalk Vending Act (SB 946, Gov. Code §51036–51039); Redding may restrict vending zones only to address objective health, safety, or welfare concerns.

Redding gives residents an enforceable way to stop door-to-door solicitors: post a visible 'No Soliciting' or 'No Peddling' sign under RMC § 6.22.030 and it is unlawful for any peddler, salesperson or even charity fundraiser to knock anyway. Every peddler must also carry a city clerk-issued registration card and photo ID under § 6.22.010, and the Redding Police Department enforces both rules.

Redding does not regulate solicitors through a content-based permit chapter. Door-to-door solicitors, peddlers, and handbill distributors must instead obtain a City business license through the City Clerk before working in Redding. The City Clerk publishes a Daily Solicitor and Handbill Distributor Report listing currently licensed solicitors.

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.50.020 bars anyone under eighteen from loitering on streets, parks, or other public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. under Section 10.50.010's definition of curfew hours. Parents who knowingly let a minor violate curfew face their own citation, escalating from an infraction to a misdemeanor.

Redding Municipal Code § 10.20.030 closes every city park facility outside the days and hours posted for public use, and § 10.20.150(C) backs that curfew by banning vehicles from parking in a park during its closed hours. Community services enforces both under Chapter 10.20.

Redding limits building height in every "RE" and "RS" single-family zone to 35 feet, and allows up to 45 feet in the "RM-6" through "RM-18" multifamily districts and 50 feet in "RM-20" through "RM-30," under Schedule 18.31.030-C. Height is measured from finished grade to the highest roof point under Section 18.62.080, and towers, chimneys, and similar features can exceed the limit by up to 10 feet without discretionary review under Section 18.40.080.

Redding caps building coverage at 40 percent of the lot in every "RE" and "RS" single-family district, rising through the "RM" multifamily districts from 60 percent in RM-6 to 85 percent in RM-30, under Municipal Code Section 18.31.030. Section 18.62.040 defines what counts toward that ceiling, excluding small eaves, open trellises, and low decks and patios.

Redding sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Schedule 18.31.030-C: 25 feet in front in the "RE" estate districts, 15 feet in front in "RS" and "RM" districts, 15-foot rear and corner-side yards citywide, and side yards ranging from a 30-foot aggregate in "RE" down to 5 feet per side in the densest "RM" zones. Section 18.62.100 measures every setback from the building's foundation line.

Redding does not single out particular tree species for protection. Under Section 18.45.030, any tree over six inches in trunk diameter, regardless of species, needs a city tree removal permit before it can be cut down, and individual trees only get extra protection by being named to the Landmark and Heritage Tree Plan.

Redding requires a written permit before anyone plants, removes, or alters a tree in a street planting strip or public area. The parks foreman administers a council-approved comprehensive tree plan governing which species go where, and violations are a misdemeanor.

Redding protects its oldest and most distinctive trees through a council-approved Landmark and Heritage Tree Plan defined at Redding Municipal Code § 13.40.010(H), and no one may plant, maintain, remove or damage a tree in a city planting strip or public area without a written permit.

Redding allows residents to hold garage or yard sales without any permit, but caps them at three sales per twelve-month period, each lasting no more than three consecutive days, under Redding Municipal Code Section 18.17.020(D). A fourth sale within that rolling year is barred outright in every residential zoning district.

Redding's short-term rental ordinance holds that a city hosted-homestay or vacation-rental permit never overrides a homeowners association's separate right to enforce its own CC&Rs, and Development Services must deny a short-term rental permit outright whenever substantial evidence shows a recorded CC&R already restricts that use on the property.

Redding's amended fire code requires automatic sprinklers whenever a Group R-3 home addition grows the existing floor area by 50 percent or more, and forces any house that already has a sprinkler system to extend it into every new addition regardless of size. The Fire Marshal enforces the standard under Redding Municipal Code Chapter 9.20.

Redding requires all construction to comply with the 2022 California Building Code, as locally amended, and the building official will not perform an inspection, plan review, or issue a certificate until permit and plan-check fees are paid in full. A five-member Board of Appeals hears disputes over building code decisions.

Redding adopts the California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 Edition, as its citywide green building code, with one local amendment tightening the vapor-barrier and aggregate-base requirement under a slab-on-grade concrete floor. The building official enforces it as part of the CBC/CRC/energy code series.

Redding enforces the 2022 California Electrical Code for all wiring, fixtures, and electrical installations citywide under RMC 16.06.010. Work must be permitted and inspected through the Development Services permit center before any electrical system is energized or altered.

Redding's building security code requires exterior doors on new and substantially remodeled nonresidential buildings to carry a single-cylinder deadbolt with at least a one-inch throw, five pin tumblers, a cylinder guard, and three-quarter-inch strike embedment, all built to resist cutting-tool attacks. The rule applies to new permit applications and renovations exceeding 75 percent of assessed value.

Redding requires daycare centers for fifteen or more children in RE and RS districts to sit on at least 20,000 square feet with 80 feet of frontage, cap buildings at 22 feet and one story, and limit normal hours to 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. weekdays under Section 18.43.070.

Redding adopts the 2022 California Plumbing Code as its plumbing code under RMC 16.05.010, but strikes the code's own fee sections and table so plumbing permit fees run through the city's separate fee schedule instead. Plumbing work citywide must follow the adopted code and be permitted through the city permit center.

A Redding restaurant can only put tables on a public sidewalk with a license agreement from the director of development services under Chapter 13.25, and that license is limited to the downtown central business district and to the operator of the abutting business.

Redding requires a park facilities reservation permit for temporary exclusive use of city parks, issued by the Community Services Director under Municipal Code Section 2.56.040. Larger events needing other city departments get routed instead to a special events permit under Chapter 11.44.

Redding requires a temporary use permit for carnivals, fairs, festivals and farmers markets under Municipal Code Section 18.17.030(E), and pins each event type to a hard day count, from four days for a flea market or swap meet up to ten days for a carnival, fair or outdoor sporting event, capped at four events of one type per property per year.

In Redding, closing a street for a block party requires a special event permit from the city clerk under Redding Municipal Code § 11.44.050, and the application is circulated to six city departments before any street can be shut down for the gathering.

The Redding City Council can designate official parade routes by resolution, but anyone marching an organized parade, even on one of those routes, must still file for a special event permit with the city clerk under Redding Municipal Code § 11.44.040 before the parade date.

Redding bans placing any obstruction on a public sidewalk, parkway, street or pedestrian mall unless the city has issued an encroachment permit. Potted plants, clocks, drinking fountains and similar private fixtures need a written permit from the director of transportation and engineering before they go on a public sidewalk.

Redding declares it a nuisance to place any obstruction in a public street, alley, parkway, sidewalk or pedestrian mall, though merchants get a two-hour loading window and a five-foot path must always stay clear for pedestrians, under Redding Municipal Code § 13.24.010.

Redding bans the retail sale of all flavored tobacco products citywide under Municipal Code Section 6.13.040(J), adopted in August 2025. Any tobacco product marketed with language suggesting a taste, odor, or cooling sensation other than tobacco itself is presumed flavored, and selling it puts a retailer's city tobacco license at risk.

Redding bans sitting on a commercial sidewalk, or on anything set on one, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. citywide in zones tagged NC, SC, RC, GC, GCVR, HC, SGD, UBD or CBD, under Redding Municipal Code § 13.24.060, unless a listed exception applies.

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.40.010 bans camping on city-owned property, streets, parking lots, easements, creekbeds, and utility substations whenever overnight shelter is available, and bars sleeping in a vehicle on public streets or private lots between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Section 10.40.020 limits camping on private land to seven days at a time.

Redding grants density bonuses and zoning incentives to housing developments that set aside affordable units under Chapter 18.26, incorporating California Government Code Section 65915 by reference. A project reserving at least five percent very-low-income or ten percent low-income units qualifies for extra density plus at least one additional incentive by right.

Redding makes it unlawful to store or keep solid waste anywhere rats can reach or feed on it, treating every day the condition continues as a separate violation. The rule sits in the city's solid waste chapter and backs up the container and accumulation standards enforced against property owners and haulers alike.

Redding charges a 10 percent transient occupancy tax on rent paid by anyone staying 30 consecutive days or less in a hotel, campground, or recreational vehicle park. Operators collect the tax at the time rent is paid and remit it monthly to the city finance officer.

Redding runs historic preservation through the "Local Register of Qualified and Candidate Historic Properties" set up under Municipal Code Section 18.23.030, tied to the Mills Act tax-incentive program rather than a standalone landmark law. The planning commission adds properties to the register and certifies candidates as "qualified" so owners can apply for a Mills Act contract.

Redding regulates pawnbrokers under its secondhand vendor licensing law. Anyone buying, selling, or taking property in pawn must get a Chief of Police-issued license, submit to fingerprinting, and file daily buy-form records with the Redding Police Department.

Redding requires a discretionary use permit for any adult entertainment business and bans operation between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. under Section 18.43.030. Spacing rules keep these businesses 1,000 feet from each other, 600 feet from schools, parks and churches, and 400 feet from residential property.

Anyone buying, pawning or reselling secondhand goods in Redding needs a police-issued license under RMC Chapter 6.30 before opening for business. Applicants and every financially interested partner get fingerprinted and background-checked for theft or stolen-property convictions, and licensed vendors must file a same-day 'buy-form' report with the Redding Police Department and hold every item for 30 days before resale.

Redding's home occupation ordinance boxes in any residential vehicle-repair work: Municipal Code Section 18.43.110 bars a business from operating out-of-doors, caps commercial vehicles at one and only if it exceeds Chapter 11.24's weight rating, and forbids noise, vibration, glare or odor detectable off the lot, which rules out running an actual auto repair shop from a Redding house.

Redding regulates massage businesses under Municipal Code Chapter 6.08, requiring every massage professional, owner, and operator to carry a CAMTC certification or Redding police department background clearance, limiting service hours to 7 a.m.-10 p.m., and barring a new massage establishment from opening at any location where a prior massage business lost a liability finding within the last thirty-six months.

Every tobacco retailer in Redding must hold a city-issued tobacco retail license under Municipal Code Section 6.13.030, separate from the general business license. Section 6.13.040(H) also bars a new tobacco retail location from opening within six hundred feet of a K-12 school, though a store already operating lawfully there before the 2025 ordinance can keep its license.

Redding Municipal Code Section 13.12.070 bans bicycling, roller skating, and skateboarding in any public area that is conspicuously posted against those activities, and the same ban reaches privately owned property open to the public once the owner posts notice and files a consent-to-enforcement form with police.

It is unlawful in Redding to urinate or defecate on any public or private road, exposed private property, or public property not designated for that purpose, under RMC § 9.04.060, though a person with a verified medical condition is expressly exempt from enforcement.

Redding Municipal Code § 10.18.020 bans loitering or standing on any street, sidewalk or building entrance in a way that blocks pedestrians, and separately bans loitering in parks or public areas to harass someone, drink without a permit, or let a minor smoke. Violators face escalating fines under § 10.18.030.

Redding Municipal Code § 10.19.020 makes it unlawful to solicit, ask or beg in an aggressive manner anywhere in the city, and § 10.19.010 defines six specific behaviors, from blocking a sidewalk to using threatening language, that turn ordinary panhandling into a chargeable offense.

Redding Municipal Code § 10.20.080 bans smoking any substance, tobacco, marijuana or vapor, in or upon any city park facility, and separately makes it an infraction to leave smoking material on park grounds or refuse to put it out when a city official or officer asks.

Anyone who controls a premises where a minor drinks alcohol or uses a controlled substance is liable under Redding's social host law, facing civil or administrative fines of $250, $500, then $1,000 per additional offense, plus the city's full public safety response costs.

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.25.010 bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parks, and other public property, and extends the ban fifty feet onto private property visible from those areas unless the owner consents. Permitted park events, sidewalk dining, and licensed special events are exempted.

Redding taxes businesses under Municipal Code Chapter 6.04, which sets a separate license fee for each named profession, trade, occupation, or business type instead of one flat citywide rate. Professionals, contractors, manufacturers, and retailers each pay under their own fee formula, and any business type not specifically listed defaults to the catchall retail and wholesale rate in Section 6.04.160.

Redding allows card rooms only under a city council-issued license and caps how many gambling tables can run in town. Municipal Code Section 6.14.029 limits the city to twenty-five gambling tables citywide, with no single card room permitted more than twenty, and Section 6.14.030 makes operating a card room without a license unlawful.