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Grading and erosion control in Kingsburg

Kingsburg's own rules on grading and erosion control, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Kingsburg Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Kingsburg's code says

Kingsburg code What Kingsburg's code adds
Steepest cut or fill slope
  • No steeper than 1 vertical to 2 horizontal (50% slope).
    Applies: Cut slopes; steeper only if a soils engineering or geology report shows a steeper cut is stable.
    § 15.58.080 · code text
    The slope of cut surfaces shall be no steeper than is safe for the intended use, as determined by the building official and shall be no steeper than one unit vertical in two units horizontal (fifty percent (50%) slope) unless the applicant furnishes a soils engineering or an engineering geology report, or both, stating that the site has been investigated and establishing that a cut at a steeper slope will be stable and not create a hazard to property or the environment.
  • Fill slopes may not be built on natural ground steeper than 1 vertical to 2 horizontal (50% slope).
    § 15.58.080 · code text
    Fill slopes shall not be constructed on natural slopes steeper than one unit vertical in two units horizontal (fifty percent (50%) slope).
Grading without a permit
  • Permitted basement and footing digs; wells or utilities apart from site work; self-contained grading with no likely damage or runoff.
    Applies: The building inspector decides the self-contained case.
    § 15.58.040 · code text
    An excavation below finished grade for basements and footings of a building, retaining wall or other structure, the construction of which is permitted by a current building permit;

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What are the grading rules in Kingsburg?

Kingsburg's code: Permitted basement and footing digs; wells or utilities apart from site work; self-contained grading with no likely damage or runoff. (The building inspector decides the self-contained case.) (§ 15.58.040); No steeper than 1 vertical to 2 horizontal (50% slope). (Cut slopes; steeper only if a soils engineering or geology report shows a steeper cut is stable.) (§ 15.58.080).

General information, not legal advice.

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