Redlands, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

The City of Redlands enforces local Building, Zoning, and Public Nuisance ordinances through its Code Enforcement Division, which handles rubbish, garbage, overgrown vegetation, housing, dangerous buildings, and inoperable or unlicensed vehicles on private property. Under the city's nuisance code, the maintenance of property or premises so out of harmony or conformity with the maintenance standards of adjacent properties as to cause substantial diminution in the enjoyment, use, or property values of those properties constitutes a public nuisance. Enforcement is generally complaint-driven: a code officer inspects (limited to street or public views if access is denied) and, where a violation is confirmed, mails a formal Notice of Violation (NOV) with a compliance deadline. A final inspection occurs after the NOV expires, 15 days from the date of mailing. Continuing violations count as a separate violation each day. Unresolved cases can be referred to the Nuisance Abatement Board, which can order the nuisance abated and impose community service before City Attorney involvement. Penalty rates are set in Redlands Municipal Code Chapter 1.22.060. This is a city ordinance; it is not San Bernardino County code, which governs only unincorporated areas outside the city.