Tracy Municipal Code Ch. 9.18 Wildland-Urban Interface Code

This Chapter 9.18 of the Tracy Municipal Code may be referred to as the "City Wildland-Urban Interface Code," and is adopted pursuant to Government Code Section 50022.2. For purpose of clarity, the term "Code," when used alone, shall refer to the Tracy Municipal Code.

(Ord. No. 1367, § 12, 12-2-2025)

The purpose of this Code is to establish minimum regulations for the safeguarding of life and for property protection. Regulations in this Code are intended to mitigate the risk to life and structures from intrusion of fire from wildland fire exposures and fire exposures from adjacent structures and to mitigate structure fires from spreading to wildland fuels. The extent of this regulation is intended to be tiered commensurate with the relative level of hazard present.

The unrestricted use of property in wildland-urban interface areas is a potential threat to life and property from fire and resulting erosion. Safeguards to prevent the occurrence of fires and to provide adequate fire protection facilities to control the spread of fire in wildland-urban interface areas shall be in accordance with this Code.

This code shall supplement the jurisdiction's building and fire codes, to provide for special regulations to mitigate the fire- and life-safety hazards of the wildland-urban interface areas.

(Ord. No. 1367, § 12, 12-2-2025)

The City hereby adopts by reference the code entitled "2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code," copyrighted by the International Code Council and the California Building Standards Commission (hereinafter "California Wildland-Urban Interface Code"), as amended by this chapter. The California Wildland-Urban Interface Code is on file with the City Clerk and is available for inspection and copying in accordance with Government Code Section 50022.6.

(Ord. No. 1367, § 12, 12-2-2025)

California Wildland-Urban Interface Code Subsection 109.3.7, Violation penalties, is amended by deleting the existing text and replacing it to read as follows:

Violations of this chapter shall be enforced by the City in accordance with Tracy Municipal Code Section 9.02.040.

(Ord. No. 1367, § 12, 12-2-2025)

The City of Tracy hereby makes the following local amendments to the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code:

CHAPTER 1

Section 105.4.2 is amended to read as follows:

105.4.2 Time limitation of application. An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be deemed to have been abandoned 180 days after the date of filing, unless such application has been pursued in good faith or a permit has been issued; except that the building official is authorized to grant one or more extensions of time for additional periods not exceeding 180 days each. The extension shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated. However, at the discretion of the building official, an application shall not be extended more than two times if this Code or any other pertinent code, law or ordinance has been adopted subsequent to the date of application. A new application shall be submitted and corresponding fees shall be paid when an application has expired.

Section 105.8 is amended to read as follows:

Section 105.8 Expiration.

Every permit issued shall become invalid unless the work on the site authorized by such permit is commenced within 12 months after its issuance, or if the work authorized on the site by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of 180 days after the time the work is commenced. The building official is authorized to grant, in writing, one or more extensions of time, for periods not more than 180 days each. The extension shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated. However, at the discretion of the building official, a permit shall not be extended more than two times if this Code or any other pertinent code, law or ordinance has been adopted subsequent to the date of application. A new permit shall be obtained and corresponding fees shall be paid when a permit has expired.

(Ord. No. 1367, § 12, 12-2-2025)