Tracy, CA Building Safety: Fire Sprinkler Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Tracy Municipal Code sec. 9.10.060
- Applies to
- New one- and two-family dwellings
- Manufactured homes
- Included, per Title 25 CCR
- Violation class
- Infraction (sec. 9.02.040)
Summary
Every new one- and two-family dwelling built in Tracy, including manufactured homes, must have an automatic residential fire sprinkler system installed. Tracy Municipal Code Section 9.10.060 makes the mandate citywide and ties installation standards to Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, covering both site-built and factory-built housing alike.
9.10.060 - One- and two-family dwellings automatic fire suppression systems. An automatic residential fire sprinkler system shall be installed in one- and two-family dwellings including all newly installed manufactured homes in accordance with Title 25.
(Ord. No. 1192, § 8, 1-21-2014; Ord. No. 1274, § 9, 11-19-2019; Ord. No. 1335, § 10, 12-6-2022)
Editor's note— Formerly § 9.10.050.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
10's Residential Code, requires an automatic residential fire sprinkler system in one- and two-family dwellings, extending the same mandate to all newly installed manufactured homes, in accordance with Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, the state's manufactured housing and mobilehome parks standards. 6. Because the sprinkler mandate is written into the Residential Code chapter rather than left to the state model code alone, it applies uniformly to every new single-family home, duplex, and newly installed manufactured home permitted in Tracy, regardless of lot size or subdivision. 04 and blocks the City from accepting a use permit, zone change, building permit, or other entitlement application as complete for a noncompliant parcel.
Violations & Fines
Building a one- or two-family dwelling or installing a manufactured home in Tracy without the required automatic fire sprinkler system violates Tracy Municipal Code Section 9.10.060 and is enforced under Section 9.10.040 via Section 9.02.040: the omission is an infraction under Chapter 1.04, and the City will not accept a building permit or other entitlement application as complete for a noncompliant parcel.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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