Town
Paradise
Paradise is a town record. City or town offices may handle local rules inside their limits, while county offices still handle records, taxes, courts, and many services.
Starting point
Confirm the address is inside local limits first.
If the address is inside Paradise, city or town offices may handle local permits, code, and services. If it is outside limits, county routing may be the better first stop.
A mailing city is not always the same as city government jurisdiction.
2025 population
10,023
Land area
18.316 sq mi
Water area
0.013 sq mi
Directory notes
Local layers to keep on the same page.
Confirm city or town limits.
A mailing address can use a nearby place name. If the address is outside limits, county offices may handle permits, code, and land-use routes.
County still matters.
Butte County can still matter for assessor, tax collector, recorder, court, public health, social service, and election records.
Some layers are separate.
Water, sewer, fire, school, utilities, coast, earthquake maps, wildfire zones, parks, and trails may point outside city hall.
County layer
County shown for Paradise
Practical notes
Office, map, permit, and paperwork notes for Paradise
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 6, 2026
Chico trash service is built around three carts
Chico residential trash service uses garbage, recycling, and organics carts, with large items and hazardous waste handled through separate hauler or drop-off paths.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Chico building permits use online plans and eTRAKiT
Chico's Building Division points people to online plan submittal and eTRAKiT for permit work, with a separate lane for encroachment work in the public right-of-way.
County layer · Rules and licenses · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Chico business licenses can touch home or downtown rules
Chico businesses inside city limits need a current business license, and home-based or downtown businesses may have added planning or district steps.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 3, 2026
Chico sewer billing is separate from the Cal Water bill
Chico sewer customers may receive a separate city sewer bill through Util360, while water account changes still begin with Cal Water.
Almanac notes
Stories and local context near Paradise
Place note · History and culture
Paradise Depot Museum keeps the ridge railroad story close
Paradise Depot Museum carries the story of the Butte County Rail Road, logging, produce shipping, and the old route that later became a trail.
County layer · History and culture
Chico has a yo-yo museum with a giant working Big-Yo
The National Yo-Yo Museum in downtown Chico holds a large public yo-yo display, contest history, memorabilia, club activity, and Big-Yo, a 256-pound working wooden yo-yo.
County layer · History and culture
Bidwell Mansion is now part of Chico's recovery story
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park honors John and Annie Bidwell, but the park is closed after the December 2024 fire while State Parks works on what comes next.
County layer · History and culture
Gridley's museum sits inside an old bank building
Gridley's museum uses the 1909 Veatch Building to tell the story of a Butte County farm town rooted in orchards, rice, local business, and Main Street memory.
County layer · History and culture
Biggs shows why rice works in the Sacramento Valley
The Rice Experiment Station near Biggs connects a small Butte County city to rice breeding, valley water, farm research, seed work, and a crop many Californians do not expect.
County layer · History and culture
Oroville's Chinese Temple keeps Gold Rush community history close
Oroville's Chinese Temple is a city-owned museum and active worship place tied to Chinese community history in Northern California's Gold Rush era.
County layer · Outdoors
Bidwell Park gives Chico two very different kinds of green space
Bidwell Park in Chico stretches nearly 11 miles, with flatter shaded Lower Park and rougher Upper Park foothill terrain along Big Chico Creek.
County layer · Outdoors
Lake Oroville gives Butte County a big Feather River water day
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area has a major reservoir, dam views, boating, trails, camping, swimming, fishing, and Feather River history.