Redding, CA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited locations
- Streets, sidewalks, parks, vacant lots, private land
- Charge level
- Infraction under Section 9.28.100(B)
- First-offense fine
- $100 per Section 9.28.320
- Repeat fines
- $200 second, $500 third or later violation
- Cleanup cost recovery
- City can lien the property for cleanup costs
- Reenacted
- Ordinance No. 2648, adopted June 7, 2022
Summary
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.
It is unlawful for any person in the city to throw or deposit any solid waste, including but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, or other matter that constitutes a public nuisance pursuant to this code or any other law, or to cause the same to be thrown or deposited upon any street, alley, gutter, sidewalk, curb, park, median strip, public planters, or other public places, or deposit or throw upon any vacant lot, private lot, or any other public or private parcel of land regardless of where it is deposited on such land, or to store or keep the same otherwise than in cans or receptacles as required by Section 9.25.150.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 48).
Full Breakdown
100 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit solid waste, including garbage, rubbish, or any other matter that constitutes a public nuisance, on any street, alley, gutter, sidewalk, curb, park, median strip, or public planter, or to dump it on any vacant lot, private lot, or other public or private parcel regardless of who owns it, unless it is kept in a compliant container. 050 bars dumping into waterways, creeks, or drainage ditches, natural or artificial, including material that could obstruct flow or wash downstream.
060 bans burning solid waste on any lot. Together these sections give the city several overlapping tools depending on where the material ends up. 28. These dumping bans were part of the wholesale repeal and reenactment of the solid waste chapter under Ordinance No. 2648, adopted June 7, 2022. 140.
Violations & Fines
Illegal dumping under Section 9.28.100 is charged as an infraction. Section 9.28.320 sets the penalty schedule for the chapter at $100 for a first violation within a year, $200 for a second, and $500 for a third or subsequent violation in the same year. The city can also recover cleanup costs from the property owner as a lien on the premises under Sections 9.28.130 and 9.28.140.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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