Sacramento County, CA Building Safety: Fire Sprinkler Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Local amendment
- § 17.04.050 adds Section 903.2.8.1.1 for manufactured homes
- Adopted base code
- 2025 California Fire Code, Title 24, Part 9
- Installation standard
- Title 25 CCR governs manufactured-home sprinklers
- Enforcement
- Fire protection district Chief issues citations (§ 17.04.020)
- Appeal body
- District board of directors hears appeals (§ 112.1)
- General penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine / 6 months jail (§ 1.01.190)
- Amendment date
- SCC 1778, effective 5/19/2026
Summary
New manufactured homes placed in unincorporated Sacramento County must carry a fire sprinkler system. County Code § 17.04.050, amending Section 903.2.8.1.1 of the adopted 2025 California Fire Code, requires sprinklers in new manufactured homes under Health and Safety Code §§ 18007 and 18009 and in two-unit multifamily manufactured homes under § 18008.7, installed to Title 25 California Code of Regulations standards.
SECTION 903.2.8.1.1 "GROUP R-3 MANUFACTURED HOUSING" IS ADDED AS FOLLOWS: 903.2.8.1.1 Group R-3 manufactured housing. Fire sprinkler systems shall be installed in new manufactured homes (HSC Sections 18007 and 18009) and multifamily manufactured homes with two dwelling units (HSC Section 18008.7) in accordance with Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4941150; v18 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
04 of the Sacramento County Code adopts the 2025 California Fire Code, Title 24, Part 9, for the county, including its incorporated cities except where a fire protection district's own ordinance controls; County of Sacramento Resolution No. 2026-0061, ratified by the Board of Supervisors on January 27, 2026, in turn makes Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Ordinance No. 2025-02 the controlling rule within that district. 7, following Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations. 10. 040 defines 'municipality' to include both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county for Fire Code purposes, and defines 'Chief' as the chief fire code official of whichever fire protection district, community services district or fire department has jurisdiction over the property.
020 gives that Chief, or the Sacramento County Airport System Fire Chief for county airport properties, the authority to enforce the chapter and issue citations. 1: for most unincorporated parcels the board of appeals is the board of directors of the fire protection district or community services district with jurisdiction, and for Sacramento County Airport System properties it is the county Board of Supervisors.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 17.04 carries no separate penalty clause, so a Fire Code violation, including placing a manufactured home without the required sprinkler system, falls under the county's general penalty at § 1.01.190: a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in county jail, or both, with each day the violation continues, is committed, or is permitted treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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