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Title 15 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

Chapter 15.48 — GRADING

Montebello Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Montebello

15.48.010 - Purpose of provisions.

15.48.020 - Provisions declared minimum necessary to achieve purpose.

15.48.030 - Compliance with provisions required.

15.48.040 - Applicability of provisions.

15.48.050 - Definitions.

15.48.060 - Permit—Required.

15.48.070 - Supervised grading permit—Required when.

15.48.080 - Regular grading defined.

15.48.090 - Exemptions.

15.48.100 - Regular grading—Inspections—Timing.

15.48.110 - Supervised grading—Inspection and reporting requirements.

15.48.120 - Permit—Application—Content.

15.48.130 - Permit—Application—Soil and geology reports—Authority to require.

15.48.140 - Permit—Hillside areas—Hillside plan required—Exceptions.

15.48.150 - Permit—Conditional approval.

15.48.160 - Fees.

15.48.170 - Bond—Required.

15.48.180 - Bond—Type.

15.48.190 - Bond—Conditions.

15.48.200 - Bond—Period and termination.

15.48.210 - Bond—Amount.

15.48.220 - Liability insurance.

15.48.230 - Permit—Expiration—Renewal.

15.48.240 - Permit—Revocation.

15.48.250 - Temporary storage fills.

15.48.260 - Grading in relation to property lines.

15.48.270 - Encroachment onto adjacent property—Consent of owner required.

15.48.280 - Work hours.

15.48.290 - Building pad development.

15.48.300 - Responsibility for retaining services of soils engineer and engineering geologist—Reports.

15.48.310 - Excavations—Allowable slope.

15.48.320 - Excavations—Exposed strata or bedding planes.

15.48.330 - Excavations—Top of cut slope.

15.48.340 - Excavations—Protective terraces or benches.

15.48.350 - Fills—Allowable slope.

15.48.360 - Fills—Compaction.

15.48.370 - Fills—Toe of fill slope.

15.48.380 - Fills—Fill slopes adjacent to developed property.

15.48.390 - Fills—Protective terraces or benches.

15.48.400 - Fills—Combined cut and fill slope.

15.48.410 - Fills—Fill area.

15.48.420 - Fills—Subdrains.

15.48.430 - Fills—Clearing, grubbing and preparing areas to be filled.

15.48.440 - Fills—Fill materials.

15.48.450 - Fills—Placing, spreading and compacting fill material.

15.48.460 - Supervision of work.

15.48.470 - Seasonal limits.

15.48.480 - Slope planting and irrigation.

15.48.490 - Excavations and fills in old dumpsites.

15.48.500 - Drainage.

15.48.510 - Default of performance—Failure to comply with provisions.

15.48.520 - Inspections of excavations and fills.

15.48.530 - Correction of violations and hazards in the performance of grading operations.

15.48.540 - Certificate of completion.

15.48.550 - Maintenance of grading and protective devices.

15.48.560 - Appeals.

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