Redding, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Redding's anti-blight authority is codified in Redding Municipal Code Chapter 1.15 (Abatement of Properties, Buildings, and Conditions). Code Enforcement, housed within the city's Development Services Department at 777 Cypress Avenue, investigates property conditions including accumulated trash, debris, junk, inoperable vehicles, broken windows, peeling paint, dead vegetation (trees, leaves, fruit, cuttings, clippings, trunks, and stumps), tall grass or weeds, vegetation touching the roof, vegetation overgrown into the public right-of-way, and unsecured structures. The chapter follows the standard California abatement model: notice of violation, opportunity to cure, administrative hearing, abatement order, and city-performed abatement with cost recovery. Where conditions also meet the definition of 'substandard housing' under California Health & Safety Code §17920.3 — including dampness, infestation, inadequate sanitation, structural hazards, or general dilapidation — state law supplies parallel abatement authority through the local building official. Unpaid abatement costs become a special assessment on the parcel and are collected with property taxes, senior to most private liens.