Tracy, CA Right to Farm: Farm Nuisance Protection (2026)

070 states that no agricultural operation conducted for commercial purposes, run in a manner consistent with proper and accepted customs of similar operations in the same locality, can be or become a nuisance, private or public, because of a changed condition in or about the area, provided the operation has been running for more than three years. 5 of the Tracy Urban Management Plan/General Plan 1993. The Community Development Director administers the chapter. 070(b) remove the protection: it does not apply when a nuisance results from the negligent or improper handling of the operation, or when the operation obstructs free passage of a navigable lake, river, bay, stream, canal, basin, or a public park, square, street or highway.

070(b). 080 adds a disclosure duty: every discretionary development approval the Community Development Department issues for land adjacent to an agricultural operation, including tentative and final subdivision maps for residential projects, must reference this chapter, and applicants must make a good faith effort to coordinate cropping patterns, harvesting, pesticide and herbicide application, and farming hours with the adjacent operator to reduce land-use conflicts. 030 confirms the chapter does not override other applicable state or local nuisance law.