Tracy, CA Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Vacant, unsecured buildings
- Deemed
- Attractive nuisance
- Requires
- Securing openings
- Code section
- TMC 9.60.010
Summary
Tracy treats vacant buildings with unsecured windows, doors, or other openings as attractive nuisances, harboring rodents and inviting vagrants and illegal activity, and requires owners to secure them under Chapter 9.60.
The Council finds and declares that vacant buildings which have unsecured windows and doors or other openings allowing entry become an attractive nuisance to children, a harborage for rodents, an invitation to vagrants and criminals as a temporary abode and as a place to engage in illegal conduct, frequently including illegal drug-related [activity].
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
Tracy Municipal Code chapter 9.60 addresses the boarding of buildings with unsecured openings. Section 9.60.010 finds that vacant buildings with unsecured windows, doors, or other openings that allow entry become an attractive nuisance to children, a harborage for rodents, and an invitation to vagrants and criminals for temporary shelter or illegal conduct. The chapter requires owners to secure such buildings.
Violations & Fines
Allowing a vacant building to remain open and unsecured violates TMC chapter 9.60 and can be abated by the city at the owner's expense.
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