Tracy, CA Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- TMC 9.06.070, CA Fire Code 6104.2
- Allowed zones
- Commercial, industrial, rural, or agricultural only
- Prohibited areas
- Central business district and all other zones
- Enforcing agency
- South San Joaquin County Fire Authority
- Appeal window
- 30 days to Board of Appeals (9.06.060)
Summary
Tracy's Fire Code amendment bars bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage from the city's central business district and from every residential zoning district. Under Section 6104.2 of the locally amended 2025 California Fire Code, LP-gas storage above the code's established capacity limits is allowed only in districts zoned commercial, industrial, rural, or agricultural.
Section 6104.2 of the 2025 California Fire Code is amended to include the geographical areas restricting the storage of liquefied petroleum gas:
6104.2 Maximum capacity within established limits. The storage of liquefied petroleum gases prohibited in any central business district and in all zoning districts except districts zoned for commercial, industrial, rural, or agricultural uses.
APPENDIX B
Section B105.2 is amended by adding the following text to the end of the section: Exception:
5.A maximum reduction in required fire-flow of up to 50 percent, as approved by the fire code official, is allowed when the building is provided with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2 as opposed to the 75% reduction values given for minimum fire flows in Table B1105.2. A reduction in required fire-flow of up to 75 percent, as approved by the fire code official, is allowed for warehouse buildings of Type I, Type II, and Type Ill construction provided with ESFR automatic fire sprinkler systems. The resulting fire-flow for any of these reductions shall not be less than 1500 gallons per minute for the prescribed duration according to Table B105.1(2). Reduction of fire-flow applies to the fire hydrants requirements as specified in Appendix C. APPENDIX BB
Section BB105.1 and Exception is amended to read as follows:
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
030, which brings in the 2025 California Fire Code with its Appendices B, BB, C, CC, D, F, H, L, N, O, and P. 2 of Chapter 61 (LP-Gas) to add a geographic backstop: storage of liquefied petroleum gas above the code's established capacity thresholds is barred from the central business district and from every zoning district except those zoned commercial, industrial, rural, or agricultural. Practically, that keeps large-capacity LP-gas storage, the kind used by fuel distributors or bulk agricultural and industrial users, out of Tracy's residential neighborhoods and downtown core, confining it to the city's commercial and industrial corridors and outlying agricultural land.
040, so it administers and enforces both the base Fire Code and this local zoning restriction alongside the City. 050, folding LP-gas storage violations into the same citywide infraction framework covering the rest of Title 9's Building Regulations. 060 requires a written notice of appeal filed with the City Clerk within thirty days of the decision.
Violations & Fines
Violating the LP-gas storage limits is enforced as a Fire Code violation under Tracy Municipal Code Section 9.06.050, which applies California Fire Code Subsection 110.4 as locally amended: violations are enforced jointly by the City of Tracy and the South San Joaquin County Fire Authority under Section 9.02.050, following the citywide infraction procedure of Chapter 1.04 for Title 9 Building Regulations violations.
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