Environmental Rules in Tracy, CA (2026)
4 verified environmental rules for Tracy, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Stormwater Management
Tracy's Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Ordinance, codified at Municipal Code chapter 11.34, bars any discharge into the City's storm drain system other than stormwater itself, aiming to protect public health and water quality under the federal Clean Water Act, the state Porter-Cologne Act, and the City's NPDES Permit No. CAS000004, with violations enforceable as civil, criminal or administrative citations.
Tracy Stormwater Discharge Control Rules
Significant RestrictionsTracy Municipal Code § 11.34.020
The purpose of this chapter is to protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City by controlling nonstormwater discharges to the stormwater conveyance system, by eliminating discharges to the stormwater conveyance system from spills, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater, and by reducing pollutants in urban stormwater discharges to the ma...
Erosion Control
Tracy requires erosion and sediment controls on any disturbed, unvegetated construction site during the rainy season, October 15 through April 15, and wind erosion controls the rest of the year, April 15 through October 15, under Municipal Code section 11.34.130, with a narrow exemption for contained residential backyards.
Tracy Erosion & Sediment Control Rule
Some RestrictionsTracy Municipal Code § 11.34.130
(a)In addition to any other requirement imposed by this Code, any state or federal law or any permit issued thereunder, the owner of any area of disturbed land from which the natural vegetative cover has been either partially or wholly cleared or removed by development activities, and which is not covered by an impervious surface, shall comply with the following requirements:(1)Properly placed ...
Flood Zones
Tracy Municipal Code Chapter 9.52 requires a development permit before any construction or development begins in a FEMA-mapped special flood hazard area, and makes an unpermitted violation an infraction. State law separately bars the City from approving certain permits, development agreements, or maps for flood-zone projects unless specific flood-protection findings are made.
Tracy Floodplain Development Permit Rules
Significant RestrictionsTracy Municipal Code §§ 9.52.060, 9.52.070, 9.52.120
9.52.060 - Applicability; Required Findings. (a)Applicability. This chapter applies to all areas of special flood hazard areas within the jurisdiction of the City. Special flood hazard areas are those identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the scientific and engineering report entitled The Flood Insurance Study of the City of Tracy, dated January 24, 1991, and all subsequent a...
Flood Elevation Requirements
Section 9.52.150 of the Tracy Municipal Code requires new construction and substantial improvements in the City's special flood hazard areas to have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least one foot above the base flood elevation, certified by a registered engineer or verified by the City's building inspector before the certification goes to the Floodplain Administrator.
Tracy Base Flood Elevation Building Standard
Some RestrictionsTracy Municipal Code § 9.52.150
9.52.150 - Standards of construction. In all areas of special flood hazard, the following standards shall be required: (c)Elevation and Floodproofing.(1)New construction and substantial improvements shall have the lowest floor elevation, including basement, elevated one foot or higher above the base flood elevation. Nonresidential structures may meet the standards set forth in subsection (3) of...
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