Shasta County, CA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

5, commencing at Section 1450, rather than under a freestanding county fee schedule. 020 then adds the county's own condition on top of the state process: before any encroachment permit is issued, the applicant must sign an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the county, its officers, agents and employees from liability for injury or property damage arising from the work performed, the placement of the encroachment itself, or the way the encroachment is later maintained, or not maintained. That indemnity obligation runs both to the applicant's own risk and to third parties' claims, and it survives the initial construction, covering the ongoing extent or lack of maintenance of whatever was placed in the right-of-way.

The director of public works, or a designee, is authorized to sign the resulting agreement on the county's behalf, so no board action is required for a routine encroachment. 030 carves out one specific exception: mailboxes may go up on county highway rights-of-way outside the roadbed without any permit at all, so long as they meet United States Postal Service placement rules and the director's requirements, and so long as they do not endanger pedestrians or vehicles lawfully using the road.