Manteca, CA Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- Up to $100 (infraction)
- Trigger
- Required before any property sale
- Trigger
- Required before residential building permit
- Adopted
- Ordinance 871, 1990
Summary
Manteca requires sellers and residential builders to give buyers a written disclosure warning that nearby farmland brings dust, noise, spraying and other normal agricultural activity, before any sale or building permit closes.
It is the policy of this city to preserve, protect and encourage the use of viable agricultural lands for the production of food and other agricultural products. When nonagricultural land-uses extend into or approach agricultural areas, conflicts often arise between such land-uses and agricultural operations. Such conflicts often result in the involuntary curtailment or cessation of agricultural operations, and discourage investment in such operations. This chapter is intended to reduce the occurrence of conflicts between nonagricultural and agricultural land uses within the city. (Ord. 871 § 1, 1990)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4829770; v11 updated 2026-04-21).
Full Breakdown
City code Chapter 8.24 states Manteca's policy is to preserve agricultural land and reduce conflict as development encroaches on it. Before selling property in the city, sellers must deliver a signed real-estate disclosure statement notifying buyers that nearby farms use fertilizers and pesticides and generate dust, noise and odor from plowing, spraying, irrigation and burning. Anyone applying for a building permit for a new home must sign and file the same disclosure with the building department before the permit issues. The chapter was adopted by Ordinance 871 in 1990 and applies citywide.
Violations & Fines
Failing to deliver or file the required disclosure statement is an infraction punishable by a fine of up to $100 under Section 8.24.090, though it does not affect title or block recording.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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