Rialto, CA

Rialto Municipal Code 10.12.080 bars anyone from painting a street or curb surface without city authorization. The one carve-out is painting curb address numbers, and only if the…

Rialto prohibits parking or storing commercial vehicles with a one-ton or greater rated carrying capacity or over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight both in residential zones (RMC…

No Rialto-specific ordinance imposes a citywide overnight parking ban on passenger vehicles; California state defaults apply. Posted no-parking areas, the 72-hour rule and the…

Rialto Municipal Code Chapter 10.28 governs on-street parking. No vehicle may be parked on any street or alley for more than 72 consecutive hours, and the police department may tow…

Rialto designates stalls in city-owned off-street parking facilities exclusively for vehicles connected for electric charging (RMC 10.28.174, adopted 2021 under California Vehicle Code…

On Rialto residential property, vehicles must be kept on the driveway or in the garage. Parking on front lawns, landscaped areas or any non-paved surface is prohibited (RMC 10.28.292)…

Rialto prohibits parking or storing RVs, campers, boats and trailers on lawns, landscaped areas or other unpaved surfaces in residential zones. Recreational items visible to the public…

Keeping abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts on any Rialto premises is unlawful and a misdemeanor (RMC 9.26.030). The city may also abate such vehicles as…

Rialto marks loading zones with yellow curb paint restricted to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Materials unloading is capped at twenty minutes and passenger…

California doesn't ban private-property towing, but Vehicle Code Section 22658 controls how it happens. A posted sign at least 17 by 22 inches must warn drivers before a tow company…

Rialto bans dogs running loose in public places without a leash, the only exception being a city-approved off-leash dog park. Owners also must carry waste bags and pick up after their…

Rialto has no citywide microchip mandate for ordinary pets, but any dog formally declared "potentially dangerous" by the city's animal control board must carry a nationally recognized…

Rialto permits animal hospitals by right in the C-3 general commercial zone under RMC 18.34.020(B), but requires a conditional development permit for the same use in the Planned…

Bees are a permitted use only in Rialto's A-1 agricultural zone, where hives must be at least 200 feet from any dwelling other than the beekeeper's own. Residential zone permitted-use…

Roosters and other noisy fowl are prohibited as a public nuisance, and barnyard animals such as pigs, goats, and sheep are not allowed in Rialto's residential zones. Poultry and…

Rialto caps household pets at four weaned dogs and cats combined, and no more than three of them may be dogs. The limit appears in Rialto Municipal Code Section 6.04.240 and the…

Rialto's municipal code contains no breed-specific restrictions; its dangerous-dog rules in Chapter 6.05 apply based on a dog's behavior. California state law forbids cities from…

Rialto Municipal Code Sec. 18.32.020(C)(13) permits dog grooming shops as a matter of right in the C-2 central commercial zone, on the condition that no dogs are kept on the premises…

Unlike dogs, cats are written out of Rialto's at-large and stray-animal rules: the code's own definition of "stray animal" excludes cats, and the director's duty to impound loose…

San Bernardino County residents may not keep injured wildlife without a California Department of Fish and Wildlife rehabilitator permit. SBC Animal Care refers calls to permitted…

San Bernardino County requires every Pit Bull over four months old to be spayed or neutered, with narrow exemptions for AKC/UKC-registered purebreds, working, and medically unfit dogs.

San Bernardino County Code § 28.0307(k) bans molesting, injuring or killing any bird or mammal, or disturbing its habitat, inside any County Regional Park. The rule sits among two…

The County does not ban retail pet sales; instead every pet shop, grooming parlor, aquarium, game bird farm, petting zoo, or wild-animal facility in the unincorporated area must hold…

Feeding wildlife is illegal in unincorporated San Bernardino County. County Code 32.1301 prohibits leaving food outside for nondomesticated mammalian predators - coyotes, raccoons…

Keeping exotic animals in unincorporated San Bernardino County is tightly controlled by Development Code 84.04.040. Exotics are an accessory use to a single-family home, require a…

Rialto requires single-family households to subscribe to the city's three-container organic waste program, but § 8.08.510(C) preserves the right to compost at home instead. Residents…

Removing a street or parkway tree requires prior written permission from the public services director, and the city's published criteria allow removal only of dead, hazardous…

Rialto's Fire Prevention Division runs weed abatement twice a year, inspecting vacant lots starting in April and October. Weeds or dry grass over four inches, noxious weeds, trash, or…

Rialto controls planting, pruning, and removal of trees in streets and parkways. Abutting owners must water street trees, keep parkway plants neat, and trim private vegetation…

Rialto Municipal Code Chapter 12.20 sets four escalating water-conservation stages. Stage 1 permanently bans runoff, washing pavement, and non-recirculating fountains; the Stage 2…

Rialto's water conservation chapter requires native or water-conserving plant species in landscaping, with landscape plans approved by the city, and lawns minimized in commercial…

Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in unincorporated San Bernardino County. California's Rainwater Capture Act lets residents install rain barrels for outdoor, non-potable…

San Bernardino County's Development Code does not ban artificial turf and actively directs that natural turf be minimized to save water. Synthetic turf is an accepted water-saving…

Rialto Municipal Code Sec. 18.10.070(H) does not require an owner to live in the primary house or the accessory dwelling unit. An investor can build an ADU, keep both units as rentals…

Rialto allows one ADU plus one junior ADU per single-family lot with ministerial approval within 60 days under Rialto Municipal Code Section 18.10.070. Detached ADUs are limited to 16…

Rialto ministerially approves conversion of an existing, legally permitted garage into an ADU with no new setbacks and no replacement parking, but the garage door must be replaced with…

Rialto lists accessory buildings and gazebos among work requiring a building permit. Under Municipal Code Section 18.52.030, detached accessory buildings may occupy at most 25 percent…

Rialto Municipal Code Sec. 18.10.070(H) sets a firm floor on accessory dwelling unit tenancies: any rental must run longer than thirty days. The rule bars ADUs from operating as…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County allows a permitted "Tiny Home" on single-family residential parcels if it meets California Residential Code or manufactured-home construction…

Rialto runs citywide weed abatement inspections twice a year, in April and October. Weeds or dry grass over 4 inches must be cleared, flammable vegetation removed at least 30 feet…

Rialto's local fire code amendment flatly prohibits open burning anywhere in the city, and South Coast AQMD Rule 444 separately bans residential burning of waste throughout the air…

Rialto adopted the State Fire Marshal's updated 2025 fire hazard severity zone maps, which place parts of the city in Moderate, High, or Very High zones. Very High zone properties must…

Gas and propane fire pits and charcoal barbecues are exempt from regional burn rules in Rialto. Wood-burning fire pits must qualify as recreational fires under the California Fire…

Any interior work permit in Rialto valued over $1,000 triggers a mandatory smoke detector upgrade to current California Building Code standards. Section 15.04.010 of the Municipal Code…

Rialto is one of the few San Bernardino County cities that allows state-approved safe and sane fireworks. Municipal Code section 5.20.010 limits sale and discharge to the window from…

San Bernardino County's Development Code allows a residential propane tank to encroach up to 4 feet into the rear setback only, never the interior side yard, and requires siting per…

Rialto has no short-term-rental-specific permit ordinance, but anyone renting rooms or dwellings on a transient basis must obtain a City business license under the Rental Income…

Rialto charges a 9 percent transient occupancy tax on any stay of 30 consecutive days or less, including short-term rentals booked through a hotel, motel or similar structure…

No Rialto-specific ordinance directly addresses short-term rental occupancy limits; California state default applies. General habitability and occupancy standards flow from the State…

Loud or disturbing noise from a short-term rental in unincorporated San Bernardino County is unlawful under a reasonable-person standard, not a decibel limit.

Bookings of thirty-one consecutive days or longer fall outside the SBC short-term rental program and are treated as standard residential tenancies subject to AB 1482 statewide rent and…

Development Code Section 84.28.060(d) requires all renter vehicles to park on the STR property at a ratio of at least one space per four renters. On-street and right-of-way parking is…

A San Bernardino County short-term rental permit can be revoked outright once it has been suspended twice within a rolling 24-month period, under County Code § 84.28.100(a)(4). The…

Airbnb, Vrbo and similar hosting platforms must collect and remit transient occupancy tax, disclose listing data to the County on request, and display the STR permit number for every…

STR owners in unincorporated San Bernardino County must answer complaint calls within 30 minutes and reach the property in person within one hour, 24 hours a day.

California requires hosting platforms to warn hosts to check their lease and insurance before listing (Business and Professions Code 22592), and AB 537 requires short-term lodging…

Rialto's standard block wall design may not retain any earth, so retaining walls need their own building permit and engineered design through Building and Safety, with footing, bond…

Barbed wire and razor wire are prohibited in all Rialto residential zones, and no sharp points may top any fence under six feet. City design standards also require decorative, durable…

Rialto requires permits for walls taller than 42 inches and building permits for all masonry and retaining walls. Block walls get three city inspections, and walls crossing a property…

Walls crossing a Rialto property line require written, possibly notarized, permission from the adjacent owner plus a signed block wall or fence agreement. California Civil Code Section…

Rialto caps fences, hedges, and walls at six feet in required side and rear yards. In the required front yard setback, solid fences and walls max out at three and a half feet, though…

California law bars Rialto from prohibiting cottage food operations in residential dwellings (Gov. Code 51035). Home food businesses register with San Bernardino County Environmental…

State law makes small (up to 8 children) and large (7 to 14 children) family daycare homes a residential use by right, and Rialto cannot impose a business license, fee, or tax on them…

A Rialto home occupation may not significantly increase neighborhood traffic, and more than eight patrons in any 24-hour period is conclusively deemed a violation. Only one…

Home occupations are permitted in every Rialto residential zone district with a permit (RMC 5.68.030), but the business must stay incidental to the residence: it may occupy no more…

Rialto bans all on-site display and advertising for home occupations except a single non-illuminated nameplate no larger than one square foot. Advertising that identifies the home's…

California lets home cooks sell meals from their own kitchen under a microenterprise home kitchen operation (MEHKO) permit, capped at 30 meals a day, 90 a week, and $100,000 in annual…

Sounds necessary and incidental to permitted uses in Rialto's commercial and industrial zones are exempt from the noise ordinance, but Renaissance Specific Plan standards bar…

Rialto Municipal Code Section 9.50.040 makes it a misdemeanor to play a car stereo or other in-vehicle sound device plainly audible at 50 feet, or beyond the property line on private…

Rialto Municipal Code Section 9.50.050 makes it unlawful to operate power tools, loading equipment, compressors, heavy trucks, and similar noisy gear outside 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in…

Rialto Municipal Code Section 9.50.030(A)(4) bans music or sound amplification equipment that is plainly audible across property lines, through shared walls, at 50 feet from 8:00 a.m…

Rialto's noise ordinance exempts aircraft noise, which is measured instead under the General Plan noise element using the CNEL method. The city-owned Rialto Municipal Airport has been…

Rialto prohibits noisy animals: city guidance states animals cannot disturb the peace and quiet of neighbors, and noisy fowl such as roosters are banned outright. Animal noise…

Rialto restricts gasoline and electric leaf blowers to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in all zones under Municipal Code Section 9.50.050(D). The city does not ban gas-powered…

Rialto Municipal Code Section 9.50.070 sets seasonal construction hours: October-April weekdays 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., May-September weekdays 6:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Saturdays 8:00…

Building a pool or spa in Rialto requires a building permit through the city's Online Permit Center, with plans that show compliance with the pool fencing chapter, and the pool cannot…

Rialto requires every swimming pool to be surrounded by a protective barrier fence or wall at least 60 inches (5 feet) high with self-closing, self-latching gates, and the barrier must…

Rialto designates local landmarks and historic districts under Municipal Code Section 2.20.060. The historic preservation commission applies ten possible findings covering…

Rialto bans flying any motor driven model aircraft, including drones, helicopters and rockets, in city parks under Municipal Code Section 2.45.050(C). The code carves out no exception…

Flying model aircraft, drones, airships or balloons is illegal within Rialto's airport area, the zone bounded by Highland, Cedar, Baseline and Alder Avenues surrounding the closed…

Rialto bans riding a skateboard, roller blades or roller skates on any sidewalk in its downtown commercial district, Riverside Avenue between Merrill Avenue and Foothill Boulevard…

In Rialto's business districts, pedestrians must use a crosswalk to cross the street; crossing anywhere else violates RMC 10.52.020. The city engineer also sets midblock crosswalks…

Rialto Municipal Code 11.16.035 makes it unlawful to loiter in any commercial parking area of the city, outside the designated day laborer center, to solicit employment, business, or…

Rialto Municipal Code 9.48.050 declares it unlawful and a public nuisance to host a gathering that substantially disturbs neighbors' quiet enjoyment, covering excessive noise…

Smoking is not permitted anywhere on Rialto city property under Municipal Code Section 2.45.050(O), which names buildings, parks and parking lots outright. The rule is paired with an…

Rialto Municipal Code 9.34.020 makes it a misdemeanor to possess an open alcohol container, drink, or furnish alcohol to someone else in any public park, street, alley, highway or…

California Proposition 64 and San Bernardino County rules ban smoking, vaping, or eating cannabis in public places, including streets, parks, and county buildings in unincorporated…

Rialto Municipal Code 9.76.020 makes it an offense for anyone under 18 to remain in a public place or business during curfew hours: 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 12:01…

It is unlawful to enter, loiter or remain in any Rialto city park facility between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. under Municipal Code Section 2.45.050(Q), unless the facility is posted otherwise…

Rialto residents may only wheel their solid waste, recycling and organics containers to the curb up to twenty-four hours before the scheduled collection time, and must pull them back…

A roll-off debris box at a Rialto single-family home may stay visible from the street for up to thirty consecutive days, but no more than sixty total days in any twelve-month period…

Every single-family household in Rialto must subscribe to the city's three-container collection service and sort yard trimmings, leaves and branches into the source-separated green…

Every premises in Rialto must contract with the city's franchised hauler for solid waste service and keep the account in good standing, under RMC 8.08.200. The rule exists to stop…

Dumping waste matter on any public or private road, right-of-way, park or private property without consent is unlawful citywide under RMC § 8.30.020(A). Fines escalate from $100-$1,000…

Once you set non-organic recyclables out at a designated collection point or in the franchisee's container, RMC § 8.08.400 makes them the property of the recycler or the city's solid…

Every premises in Rialto must dispose of accumulated solid waste at least once a week through the city's franchised hauler, with less-frequent service allowed only while a home sits…

Rialto requires every single-family organic waste generator to subscribe to the city's three-container collection service, sorting gray, blue and green materials correctly under RMC §…

You can't just drag a mattress or old couch to the curb in Rialto and wait for someone to grab it. RMC § 8.08.610 bars placing bulky waste in a street or public right-of-way for…

Rialto businesses generating four cubic yards or more of solid waste each week must subscribe to the city's franchised hauler specifically for non-organic recyclables, separate from…

Rialto's Public Safety Building Code requires every entry door on apartments, condos, duplexes and single-family homes to be solid-core with a single-cylinder deadbolt: a one-inch…

Rialto requires an automatic fire sprinkler system in any building exceeding 5,000 square feet of total floor area, new or existing. Section 903.1.3 of the city's amended California…

Rialto Municipal Code Section 15.08.070 adopts the 2025 California Plumbing Code as the city's plumbing code, then adds one local requirement: every new residential, commercial and…

Rialto bars anyone from erecting, altering, moving, repairing, demolishing or grading any building or structure without first obtaining a permit from the Building Official. The rule…

Rialto has adopted the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) wholesale, with zero local amendments, as part of the city's Title 15 construction code package under…

Rialto Municipal Code Section 15.08.050 adopts the 2025 California Electrical Code by reference with no local amendments, so every wiring installation, alteration or repair follows the…

Child care centers and child day care facilities serving fewer than 36 children fall under Rialto's Public Safety Building Code Requirements in Chapter 15.10, alongside apartments…

Every building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical permit requires Building Official approval at each consecutive inspection step before work continues, unless the contractor holds…

California Labor Code 7300-7323 and Title 8 CCR 3000+ require annual elevator inspections by Cal/OSHA in San Bernardino County, with permits to operate and licensed elevator…

Rialto lets tenants request a rental-unit inspection anytime, separate from the city's mandatory biennial checks. Code enforcement, under Section 15.60.070, will inspect a unit at a…

Rialto requires every rental dwelling unit, motel, hotel and lodging house to hold a valid biennial inspection certificate. Owners of buildings with two or more rental units must…

Rialto requires vacant and abandoned properties, most often bank-owned homes in foreclosure, to be registered with the city and kept free of graffiti, weeds, dead vegetation, trash…

Rialto treats abandoned, partially destroyed, unsecured or hazardous structures as public nuisances and can order rehabilitation, repair or demolition after a fifteen-day notice and…

Rialto's public services director keeps a citywide street tree plan setting the approved species, spacing and planting procedure for every parkway and public tree well. RMC 11.08.030…

Joshua trees, mesquites, desert ironwood, palo verde and other listed desert native plants can't be removed on unincorporated land without a county Tree or Plant Removal Permit.

San Bernardino County classifies three or more palm trees planted in a linear windrow or parkway row 50 feet or longer as heritage trees, requiring a Tree or Plant Removal Permit…

Rialto must grant a density bonus and development incentives to any housing project of five or more units that sets aside a state-specified share of affordable, senior, veteran…

The Downtown Revitalization Overlay Zone under Chapter 18.49 requires community development director approval of a precise plan of design before any exterior demolition, alteration, or…

Rialto prohibits flashing signs citywide, defined as any sign illuminated by lights that are intermittently on and off, that change intensity, or that create the illusion of motion…

In Rialto's commercial and industrial zones, window signs may not cover more than fifty percent of the window area on street-facing building elevations, or twenty-five percent on other…

On-site garage sale signs in Rialto are limited to two, each no larger than four square feet, posted only on the sale property itself. Off-site directional signs need the host property…

Rialto bans most freeway-facing signs except in the Rialto Gateway Specific Plan area along I-10, where multi-tenant freeway-oriented business signs get a special height and area…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, holiday lighting is exempt from the county's outdoor lighting rules only if it goes up no more than 30 days before a holiday and comes down…

Political signs in unincorporated San Bernardino County must come down within 30 days after the election and stay under 8 square feet in residential zones.

Rialto Municipal Code 9.24.010 keeps every public street, alley, sidewalk and crosswalk free of obstructions. No person may occupy these public ways in any manner that blocks free…

Anyone who wants to excavate, build, or otherwise encroach on a Rialto street or sidewalk right-of-way needs a written encroachment permit from the city engineer first, per RMC…

Under CA Streets and Highways Code 5610, adjacent property owners in unincorporated San Bernardino County are responsible for maintaining and repairing sidewalks fronting their…

Rialto prohibits every form of commercial marijuana activity, medical or recreational, in every zone in the city, and will not issue a permit, license or entitlement for cultivation…

California Business and Professions Code 26054 requires licensed cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, and youth centers; San Bernardino cities often…

Adults 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants per private residence in San Bernardino County, but unincorporated areas require indoor cultivation inside a fully enclosed…

Health and Safety Code section 11362.2 grants every adult 21 or older the statewide right to cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors, and bars local governments from completely…

Rialto's design guidelines cap exterior lighting at one-half footcandle at any residential property line and one footcandle at any nonresidential property line, and require fixtures to…

Outdoor lighting in San Bernardino County's Mountain and Desert regions must be fully shielded and shut off by 11:00 p.m., with narrow exceptions for entry lighting and motion-sensor…

Off-site sign (billboard) illumination in unincorporated San Bernardino County must comply with the county's outdoor lighting chapter, including mountain/desert dark-sky curfews where…

Rialto requires every sidewalk food vendor to carry a sidewalk vending permit under RMC Chapter 5.28, a business license under Chapter 5.04, a CDTFA seller's permit, and a San…

San Bernardino County requires DEHS permits for mobile food facilities and nonpermanent food operations, plus mandatory commissary servicing and monthly location schedules submitted to…

San Bernardino County bans parking a vehicle on any highway or right-of-way to sell food; mobile food trucks must operate on private property or under a DEHS permit and a Temporary…

Rialto must approve small residential rooftop solar systems administratively and without discretion under Chapter 15.05 of the Municipal Code, adopted to comply with the state's Solar…

Rooftop solar panel installers in Rialto submit applications electronically, get a printed approval stamp from the plan reviewer, and present it to the Building Department for a permit…

California Civil Code 714 (Solar Rights Act) prohibits HOAs in San Bernardino County from banning solar panels, limiting restrictions to reasonable placement that does not…

Rialto adopts San Bernardino County's food inspection grading program citywide. Every retail food establishment must post its county-issued letter grade card in a prominent, publicly…

Structural pest control in San Bernardino County requires licensing by the CA Structural Pest Control Board, with specific rules for termite fumigation, rodent control, and tenant…

San Bernardino County requires every food handler to carry an unexpired food handler card or state food safety certificate before working, under County Code § 33.0409(b). A new…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires landlords to disclose bed bug information and prohibits renting units with known infestations; San Bernardino County enforces habitability…

Every pawnbroker doing business in Rialto needs a permit from the police chief, on display at the shop and separate from the regular city business license. RMC Sec. 4.04.090 sets a $60…

Rialto Municipal Code Sec. 18.34.020(U) allows tattoo parlors only in the C-3 general commercial zone, and only with a conditional development permit approved by the planning…

Rialto confines adult businesses to two narrow zoning designations and bars them within 750 feet of homes, schools, parks, churches or another adult use, on top of a discretionary…

Rialto dispatches disabled and impounded vehicles only through police-franchised tow companies. RMC Sec. 5.42.030 requires every official police tow service to sign a written franchise…

Rialto regulates secondhand dealers under the state law definition in Business and Professions Code Section 21626, covering junk dealers, coin dealers and general secondhand goods…

Rialto requires anyone practicing as a massage technician or operating a massage parlor to hold both a business license and a city permit before touching a single client. Permanent…

County Code § 84.12.050(b) bars motor vehicle repair, including engine, muffler, and drive-train work, upholstery, painting, and vehicle storage, from every home occupation in the…

San Bernardino County bans self-service tobacco and e-cigarette displays and outlaws tobacco vending machines outright in the unincorporated area under County Code § 31.0308. Every…

Rialto bases its annual business license tax on gross receipts, employee count, machine count, or another metric tied to the business category. RMC Sec. 5.04.030 lets the city…

In Rialto's R-1 single-family zone, Municipal Code Section 18.10.030 sets a 25-foot minimum front yard, interior side yards of at least 10 percent of lot width (three to five feet)…

Rialto's R-1 single-family zone caps total building coverage at 30 percent of the lot area under Municipal Code Section 18.10.030(I). The limit applies to every roofed structure on the…

Rialto's R-1 single-family zone caps residential building height at two and one-half stories and no more than 35 feet under Municipal Code Section 18.10.030(D). Roof-mounted equipment…

Backyard smokers, grills and barbecue pits in Rialto have to meet the same fire-chief compliance standards as incinerators under RMC §§ 9.20.070-9.20.140. Every incinerator and…

Rialto Municipal Code Sec. 18.61.160(G) bars mechanical and HVAC equipment from sitting at ground level along any building wall that faces a public street, unless the building's design…

Rialto's design guidelines require loading docks and truck maneuvering areas near residential uses to be screened by a ten-foot landscape strip and an eight-foot masonry wall under RMC…

Rialto Municipal Code 9.50.030(A)(5) makes it unlawful to sound or permit the sounding of a motor vehicle burglar alarm, or a fire, burglar or civil defense alarm or siren, outdoors…

Standby and portable generators in unincorporated San Bernardino County must meet Title 8 limits (45 dBA night residential). PSPS and emergency use is exempt. SCAQMD Rule 1470 permits…

San Bernardino County Code § 24.0706(b) bars sound amplifying equipment or live music from being plainly audible inside an occupied dwelling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., a standard that…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, a car stereo or speaker's rhythmic bass alone is enough to prove a plainly-audible noise violation: no decibel meter needed.

Rialto Municipal Code 9.38.020 makes it unlawful to camp, occupy camping facilities, or use camping paraphernalia on any private property, city park, or other public property…

County Code Section 28.0903 bars sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing personal property on unincorporated San Bernardino County streets, sidewalks, alleyways, trails, and county…

Rialto declares a lengthy list of everyday property conditions to be public nuisances: overgrown lawns past six inches, peeling paint visible from the street, uncontained trash…

Rialto requires a development permit before any construction or other development begins in an area of special flood hazard, based on FEMA's San Bernardino County Flood Insurance…

New and substantially improved residential structures in Rialto's mapped flood zones must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least one foot above the base…

Rialto requires a grading permit for any excavation or fill exceeding one foot in depth or height, and the development services department will not close out that permit until every…

Rialto's storm sewer ordinance bans discharging anything but rainwater into the city's storm drains, gutters and channels. Chapter 12.60 implements the city's NPDES permit under the…

California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards mandate cool-roof reflectance values for new and re-roofed buildings in San Bernardino County climate zones 10, 14, 15, and 16…

San Bernardino County caps off-road diesel equipment idling at five minutes on unincorporated land use project sites, with exceptions for queuing, safety checks, servicing, and…

Properties in San Bernardino Mountain WUI zones must clear 100 feet of defensible space around structures. SBCFPD inspects annually before fire season; failure to comply triggers…

The California Coastal Act, Public Resources Code sections 30000 through 30900, requires Coastal Development Permits for nearly all work in the coastal zone and gives the Coastal…

Rialto Utility Authority delivers recycled water under RMC 12.32.070 to customers inside its retail service boundaries, and the city can extend service to other agencies or private…

The county's Development Code does not run a lawn-removal rebate program, but Chapter 83.10 requires new landscaping in the Mountain and Desert regions to minimize turf under §…

Rialto's noise ordinance, Municipal Code Chapter 9.50, sets no decibel limits. It bans plainly audible and unreasonably loud noise, and Section 9.50.060(O) exempts sounds in industrial…

Rialto has no data-center ordinance and no data-center use category. Data centers site in the M-1 light manufacturing and M-2 general manufacturing zones, where Municipal Code…

Exclusive use of a Rialto park or recreation facility, whether for a picnic shelter, ballfield, or building, requires advance approval from the Recreation and Community Services…

San Bernardino County requires a Temporary Special Event Permit under County Code § 85.16.030 before anyone can advertise, conduct, or operate a street fair, festival, or similar event…

Parades and other public gatherings in unincorporated San Bernardino County need a Temporary Special Event Permit from the Land Use Services Department before the event, with major…

Closing an unincorporated county street for a block party requires a Highway Permit from the Road Commissioner under Public Works' Highway Permit Code, plus a $732 road closure fee…

Rialto regulates rent only in mobile home parks. Under RMC Chapter 4.01, a park owner cannot charge more than the space rent in effect when the ordinance took effect, and no increase…

Owners of Rialto multi-family rental properties (three or more units) must register each property with the fire marshal within ninety days of the chapter's effective date or after…

Rialto can tag any building, including rental housing, Green (occupy), Yellow (limited occupancy) or Red (do not enter) under a local Habitability standard added to the California…

Before raising mobile home space rent, a Rialto park owner must serve written notice under Civil Code Sec. 798.30, tell affected homeowners a rent-increase filing is going to the…

For covered units in unincorporated San Bernardino County, no-fault evictions are limited to AB 1482's enumerated reasons: owner or family move-in, substantial remodel, government…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County has not adopted a local relocation-assistance ordinance for displaced tenants. Only the relocation payment required by California AB 1482 for…

San Bernardino County rentals follow California Civil Code 1950.5, which limits security deposits to one month's rent for both furnished and unfurnished units and requires return…

California requires landlords to include or attach an AB 1482 disclosure in every covered lease and lease renewal, informing tenants of the rent cap and just-cause protections in plain…

The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino administers Housing Choice Vouchers across SBC, inspecting units for HUD habitability standards and paying the subsidy portion…

San Bernardino County tenants who have occupied 12+ months are protected by CA AB 1482 just-cause eviction rules. Landlords must state a valid reason and pay relocation for no-fault…

California evictions run through the unlawful detainer process. Under Code of Civil Procedure § 1161, nonpayment requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit (excluding weekends and…

California Civil Code § 1954 limits when a landlord may enter a rented home. Except in emergencies, abandonment, or with tenant consent, the landlord must give reasonable written…

California sets no fixed dollar or percentage cap on rent late fees, but a late fee in a residential lease is treated as liquidated damages. Under Civil Code § 1671, such a fee is…

To end a California month-to-month tenancy, a tenant gives 30 days' written notice. A landlord gives 30 days if the tenant has lived there under a year, or 60 days if a year or more…

California adverse possession requires five years of continuous, open, hostile possession AND payment of all property taxes during that period under Code of Civil Procedure § 325. A…

Rialto charges a 9 percent transient occupancy tax on room rent at any hotel, motel, or similar lodging for stays of 30 consecutive days or less. Operators collect the tax from guests…

Rialto caps garage sales at four per calendar year for any person or address, each lasting no more than three consecutive days. Sales are further restricted to one specific weekend per…

Anyone who peddles goods or solicits orders door-to-door in Rialto needs a permit before starting, issued by the director of administrative and community services under RMC Sec…

California Civil Code 5600-5740 governs HOA assessments in San Bernardino County, requiring annual budget disclosure, limits on increases without member vote, and specific collection…

California Civil Code 5900-5965 requires HOAs in San Bernardino County to offer internal dispute resolution (IDR) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) before filing litigation over…

California's Davis-Stirling Act gives every HOA member the right to inspect and copy association records under Civil Code § 5205. Boards must produce current-year records within 10…

California overrides HOA governing documents on several owner protections. The Davis-Stirling Act and related Civil Code sections bar HOAs from prohibiting solar systems, U.S. flag…

California voids any HOA governing-document clause that effectively bans or unreasonably restricts a clothesline or drying rack in an owner's exclusive-use backyard. Civil Code Section…

Civil Code section 4735 voids any HOA rule that bans low-water plants, turf replacement, or artificial turf, and bars fines for cutting back watering during a declared drought…

Civil Code § 4745 voids any HOA covenant or governing-document rule that prohibits or unreasonably restricts installing an EV charging station in an owner's unit or designated parking…

Civil Code § 4705 bars every California homeowners association from limiting a member's display of the United States flag on their own lot or within their exclusive-use common area…

California law caps homeowners association fines at $100 per violation or the amount listed in the association's published penalty schedule, whichever is less. Civil Code section 5850…

A California homeowners association cannot foreclose on a member’s home over unpaid dues until the delinquent assessments alone reach $1,800, or until the assessments secured by the…

Civil Code § 4741 bars every California homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a rule that prohibits, or unreasonably restricts, renting out a separate interest, and sets a…

California SB 54, the California Values Act, limits how San Bernardino County Sheriff and other local agencies may cooperate with federal immigration authorities in unincorporated…

California SB 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products and flavor enhancers across San Bernardino County, including menthol…

California prohibits sale of tobacco and vapor products to anyone under 21 statewide under Business and Professions Code 22958, enacted by SBX2-7 in 2016. The Tobacco 21 standard…

San Bernardino County does not set a local minimum wage, so the California statewide rate of 16.50 dollars per hour applies in 2026 to most employers in unincorporated areas, with…

California requires most employers, including warehouse and logistics operators in the Inland Empire portion of San Bernardino County, to provide at least 40 hours of paid sick leave…

California AB 1276 prohibits restaurants and food delivery platforms in San Bernardino County from automatically including plastic utensils, condiments, and napkins; items must be…

California AB 1884 bars full-service restaurants in San Bernardino County and statewide from automatically providing plastic straws; customers must specifically request them at…

California prohibits grocery stores and large retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags under Public Resources Code 42280-42288, enacted by SB 270 (2014) and ratified…

California restricts expanded polystyrene food containers statewide through SB 54 (2022) packaging requirements under Public Resources Code 42040-42081. The law mandates that…

Closing or temporarily using a County road for filming requires a separate, non-refundable road encroachment permit from the Transportation and Flood Control Department, arranged…

Student filmmakers in unincorporated San Bernardino County still need a filming permit but skip the processing fee with a school letter.

Commercial filming anywhere in unincorporated San Bernardino County, or on any County-controlled facility, requires a filming permit issued through the County Film Office.

San Bernardino County Code § 26.0101 makes it unlawful, in the unincorporated area, to keep, maintain, conduct, control, have charge of, or even be present at or visit any house, room…

California Penal Code § 326.5 lets only tax-exempt nonprofits, mobilehome park associations, senior groups, and school-affiliated charities run bingo, and only under a local city or…

California law exempts private home card games from gambling regulation entirely. Penal Code § 337j(e)(2)(D) excludes any card game played in a private home or residence from the…

California has no legal sports betting, in stores or online. Penal Code section 337a criminalizes bookmaking, pool-selling, and placing or accepting any bet on the result of a sporting…

San Bernardino County requires a minimum 100-acre parcel to establish the AG Agricultural zoning district under the Development Code, with crop production, livestock and community…

The California Right to Farm Act under Civil Code 3482.5 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits brought by neighbors who moved in after farming began. The…

California is an all-party consent state for audio recording. All parties to a confidential conversation must consent to being recorded under Penal Code §632. Video recording in public…

California regulates concealed carry weapons licenses statewide under Penal Code 26150 through 26225. Senate Bill 2 (2023) imposes uniform sensitive-place restrictions and applicant…

California preempts most local firearm regulation under Government Code 53071 and Penal Code 25605, reserving licensing, registration, and manufacture authority to the state. However…

California broadly prohibits open carry of firearms statewide under Penal Code 25850 (loaded firearms in public) and Penal Code 26350 (open carry of unloaded handguns). The prohibition…

California prohibits carrying loaded firearms in vehicles statewide under Penal Code 25400 and 25850. Unloaded handguns transported in private vehicles must be in a locked container or…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in California and stopping at one is a statutory obligation, not a courtesy. Vehicle Code § 2814.2(a) requires a driver to stop and submit to a sobriety…

California is one of the few states that answers this by statute rather than by case law alone. Penal Code § 148(g) says that photographing or making an audio or video recording of a…

California has no general stop-and-identify statute. The old Penal Code § 647(e), which required a person lawfully detained to give "credible and reliable" identification, was held…

California has no statute that requires you to consent to a search of your car, and none that requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What the Legislature and the voters…

A low-speed vehicle in California may not be driven on any roadway with a speed limit above 35 miles per hour. Vehicle Code section 21260 permits it to cross a faster road only where…

California works from a closed list: Vehicle Code section 24003 says no vehicle may carry any lamp or illuminating device not required or permitted by the code, so an accessory light…

California measures dash cam placement in square inches. Vehicle Code section 26708(b)(13) lets a video event recorder occupy a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield…

Lane splitting is lawful in California. Vehicle Code section 21658.1, added by AB 51 in 2016, defines it as driving a motorcycle with two wheels in contact with the ground between rows…

California does not let you put a cover over your license plate. Vehicle Code section 5201(c) allows exactly two things: a full car cover on a lawfully parked vehicle, and a license…

No section of the California Vehicle Code makes it an offense for a private motorist to own, carry or use a radar detector. The prohibition in Vehicle Code section 28150 reaches only…

California permits metal studded tires only between November 1 and April 30, and only where the studs are tungsten carbide or another suitable material and the metal touching the road…

California never publishes a "legal VLT" for front side windows because it does not permit aftermarket darkening there at all. Vehicle Code section 26708(d) allows only clear…