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Grading and erosion control in Redding
Redding's own rules on grading and erosion control, with the code text for every value.
Each rule below links to the section of the Redding Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.
What Redding's code says
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Who this affects
Frequently asked questions
What are the grading rules in Redding?
Redding's code: You need a grading permit for more than 50 cubic yards. (Also for digs over 3 feet, cuts over 4 feet steeper than 2:1, drainage changes; always within 50 feet of seasonal streams or 100-year floodplain.) (§ 16.12.050); Excavation: up to fifty cubic yards, up to three feet vertical depth, no cut slope that is both higher than four feet and steeper than two horizontal to one vertical, with no drainage-pattern change; fill: up to fifty cubic yards, less than three feet vertical depth, on natural terrain flatter than five horizontal to one vertical, not supporting structures and with no drainage-pattern change. (Not within fifty feet of a seasonal watercourse or in the one-hundred-year floodplain (a permit is always needed there)) (§ 16.12.050).
General information, not legal advice.
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