Fairfield, CA

EV charging infrastructure in Fairfield follows California's CalGreen Code (Title 24 Part 11) for new construction and the 2022 California Electrical Code for installations. The city…

On-street parking in Fairfield is governed by Municipal Code Chapter 11 and California Vehicle Code Sections 22500 et seq. The default citywide limit is 72 consecutive hours; posted…

Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 11 authorizes the Police Department to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles from public streets and private property under…

Fairfield does not impose a citywide overnight parking ban on standard passenger vehicles. The general 72-hour maximum-stay rule (Municipal Code Chapter 11) applies, along with any…

Fairfield bars leaving any vehicle, boat, or recreational vehicle on a public right-of-way for more than 72 hours and bans parking an unconnected oversized vehicle or trailer on any…

Fairfield's traffic engineer marks loading and passenger loading zones in business districts and in front of assembly halls under § 11.9, capped at half of any block's curb length, and…

Fairfield designates residential blocks as Restricted Permit Parking Areas by City Council resolution under Municipal Code § 11.1.9. Once posted, only residents and their guests…

Fairfield bars parking a commercial vehicle rated 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more in any residence district for longer than two hours under § 11.8.2, though the limit lifts…

Fairfield lets property owners paint their own address on the curb outside their home, but anyone who paints curb numbers for pay needs a business license, a police solicitor's permit…

Fairfield's zoning code requires every driveway, parking stall, drive aisle and maneuvering area serving required off-street parking to be paved in asphalt, concrete or a comparable…

California doesn't ban private-property towing, but Vehicle Code Section 22658 controls how it happens. A posted sign at least 17 by 22 inches must warn drivers before a tow company…

Fairfield does not have a city-specific wildlife-feeding ban, but California Fish and Game Code and Title 14 regulations make it illegal to feed big game mammals (deer, bears) and…

Fairfield has no breed-specific dog ban. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts cities from declaring any breed dangerous or vicious by breed alone, though…

Fairfield prohibits keeping any wild species at large within the city, and California Code of Regulations Title 14 Section 671 separately bans private possession of restricted exotic…

Fairfield has no citywide mandatory spay/neuter law; the only mandated spay or neuter in the Municipal Code applies to an animal formally declared dangerous under Article VI, where the…

Fairfield dogs must be on a leash no longer than six feet whenever they are off their owner's own property, under Municipal Code Section 3.8. Dogs may run loose only inside a…

Keeping a beehive in Fairfield requires a permit under Article IV of the Municipal Code (Sections 3.42-3.52), capped at two hives per lot with 10-foot side setbacks, 50-foot dwelling…

Fairfield caps households in residential zones at three dogs or three cats over four months old, per Municipal Code Section 3.22. The limit applies in one-family (R-1), duplex (R-D)…

Fairfield does not require microchipping of pets generally; the only identification mandate in the Municipal Code applies to an animal declared dangerous under Article VI, which the…

Fairfield caps backyard fowl at three chickens, geese, ducks or turkeys citywide under Section 3.22.1, and bars cows, horses, sheep, goats, hogs or other cloven-hoofed livestock on any…

Cat licensing is optional in Fairfield, unlike the mandatory dog license, under Municipal Code Section 3.26. Owners who choose to license a cat over four months old follow the same…

Fairfield's zoning code treats "Animal clinic or grooming" as its own land use category. Groomers can open by right in the Neighborhood Commercial, Service Commercial, Thoroughfare…

Fairfield's commercial zoning table permits animal clinics and grooming outright in the CN, CS, CT, and CC districts, but requires a Conditional Use Permit in the CO district and bars…

Fairfield follows California Civil Code §841, the Good Neighbor Fence Law: adjoining owners are presumed to share equally in the cost of building, maintaining, or replacing a boundary…

Fairfield bans razor and barbed wire fencing on developed parcels wherever it is visible from adjacent properties, public areas, or rights-of-way, under Zoning Code Section…

Fairfield caps residential fences at 42 inches within 15 feet of the front property line and allows 7 feet beyond that line under Zoning Code Section 25.30.2(C)(1). Corner-lot fences…

Fairfield requires a grading permit for a retaining wall excavation whenever the unsupported cut exceeds 5 feet after construction, per City Code Section 25.240(1). In the Hillside…

Most Fairfield fences within standard height limits go up without a City permit. A fence permit or discretionary review is triggered only in specific situations: an encroachment permit…

Because Fairfield's Zoning Ordinance does not separately permit short-term rentals in residential zones, the City has no STR-specific parking standard. Any lodging use in commercial…

Fairfield does not impose a per-bedroom or per-unit short-term rental occupancy cap because it does not separately permit sub-30-day rentals in residential zones. The default ceilings…

Solano County requires every permitted vacation house rental to be covered by commercial property insurance for the life of the operating permit. The requirement is short but…

Unincorporated Solano County does regulate short-term lodging (stays of 30 consecutive days or less) under Chapter 28 of the County Code. Hosted rentals need an Administrative Permit…

Guests at a Solano County vacation house rental must observe quiet hours from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., and the operator must take reasonable measures to prevent excessive noise or other…

Solano County treats an owner-occupied short-term rental of a single guest room, called a "hosted rental," as a distinct use from a whole-house vacation rental, capping it at one guest…

While a Solano County vacation house rental is occupied, the owner or a property manager must be reachable 24 hours a day and respond to complaints within 45 minutes, with a posted…

Residential pools in Fairfield must be enclosed by a barrier between 60 and 72 inches tall with self-closing, self-latching gates that open away from the pool. Gaps under 4 inches…

A Fairfield building permit is required to install any pool, spa, hot tub, or wading pool that holds water deeper than 18 inches. Permits cover structural, plumbing, electrical, and…

Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 21 (Trees and Shrubs) prohibits anyone other than the property owner or city-authorized personnel from pruning, injuring, or destroying any tree on…

Fairfield permanently prohibits landscape irrigation between noon and 6:00 p.m., aligns with statewide bans on watering non-functional turf at commercial sites (AB 1572), and tightens…

Fairfield enforces weed and vegetation abatement under Chapter 27 (Community Preservation) using California Government Code authority. Notices issue in spring before fire season, and…

Fairfield encourages native and drought-tolerant plants and complies with California's Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) for new and renovated landscapes that meet the…

Under California SB 1383, all Fairfield residents and businesses must subscribe to organic-waste collection and separate food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste from the trash…

Fairfield requires friable soil in every planted landscape area to maximize rainwater retention, per City Code Section 22A.18(c), and strongly recommends, without mandating, that…

Removing a protected tree in Fairfield without City review is a code violation: Section 25.36.5 requires anyone wanting to take down a protected tree outside a City-reviewed project to…

Since SB 676 took effect in 2024, Government Code 53087.7 protects only drought-tolerant living landscaping from local bans, so cities may again prohibit artificial turf. Civil Code…

Fairfield enforces vegetation management under California Public Resources Code 4291 (defensible space) and Municipal Code Chapter 27 (community preservation). Grass and weeds on…

The 2025 CAL FIRE update placed portions of Fairfield's western hills (Rockville, Green Valley, Cordelia foothills) into Local Responsibility Area (LRA) High and Very High Fire Hazard…

Fairfield's Fire Code amendments let residents run bonfires, recreational fires, and portable outdoor fireplaces, but only with clean, uncontaminated wood or manufactured wood logs…

Fairfield lets homeowners burn bonfires, recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces only with clean, uncontaminated wood, manufactured wood logs or another Fire Chief-approved…

Fairfield bans the sale, use, possession and discharge of fireworks citywide, dangerous and 'safe and sane' alike, under Section 5601.1.6 of the amended Fire Code. The only carve-outs…

California uniformly applies the State Fire Marshal's propane storage standards through the California Fire Code, which all local jurisdictions must enforce as a minimum.

Fairfield has no dedicated leaf-blower ban. Use is controlled by the general noise standards in Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 25, Article X (Table 25.1401), which protect…

A dog, cat or other animal that habitually barks, howls or yelps loud enough to disturb a neighbor is a declared public nuisance under Fairfield Municipal Code Section 3.60, enforced…

Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.1404 bars operating construction, grading, or demolition tools and equipment between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., unless the Director of Public Works grants…

Fairfield requires sellers of homes near Travis Air Force Base to disclose aircraft noise on the state transfer disclosure form. Municipal Code Section 18A.3(f) flags a 60-decibel…

Fairfield's noise ordinance sets numeric decibel limits that tighten every night. Table 25.1401 caps residential noise at 45 dBA Leq and 65 dBA Lmax at the property line between 10:00…

Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.1404 bars anyone from operating a musical instrument or any device that amplifies or intensifies sound, including the human voice, in a manner that…

Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.1404 bans sounding a vehicle horn or signal device for any purpose other than one required or permitted by the state Vehicle Code, and separately bans…

Fairfield caps exterior noise at residential property lines at 50 dBA Leq in daytime and 45 dBA at night, under Table 25.1401 of Section 25.1403. Quieter interior standards apply to…

Fairfield charges accessory dwelling units and junior ADUs a water connection fee sized to their fixture-unit burden under City Code Section 22.20.060(C). Section 22.20.070(B) waives…

Fairfield's Zoning Ordinance sorts backyard sheds into a small accessory structure class capped at 7 feet high and 60 square feet, screened behind a solid 6-foot fence, or a large…

Fairfield bars garage conversions on lots under 4,500 square feet and requires a replacement on-site parking space for any converted space that displaces required parking. The garage…

Fairfield's zoning code caps a detached ADU at 1,200 square feet and 16 feet in height, with four-foot side and rear setbacks, under § 25.20.4.11. An attached ADU can't exceed 50…

Fairfield requires the property owner to live on-site, in either the primary home or the new unit, whenever a junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU) is added, under Fairfield Municipal…

When a Solano County lot carries both an accessory dwelling unit and a junior accessory dwelling unit, Section 28.72.10(B)(2)(p)(4) bars renting either unit for less than 30 days…

Fairfield requires a Home Occupation Permit tied to your Business License before running a business from home, and caps client visits at eight per day between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m…

Fairfield's Home Occupation Permit rules cap client visits to a home-based business at eight per day, allowed only between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM. Any number of customers can be on-site…

Fairfield bans any sign, window display, or other exterior identification for a home-based business, and prohibits off-site signs pointing to the home's location. The rule keeps home…

Solano County treats a licensed family day care home as a residential use, not a commercial or community care facility, anywhere the underlying home is allowed. No conditional use…

Government Code section 51035 forbids any California city, county, or city and county from prohibiting a cottage food operation in a residential dwelling. The local agency must pick…

California lets home cooks sell meals from their own kitchen under a microenterprise home kitchen operation (MEHKO) permit, capped at 30 meals a day, 90 a week, and $100,000 in annual…

Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 9 makes residential subscription to garbage collection service mandatory, except for self-haulers who fully comply with §9.170. Republic Services /…

Fairfield requires every residential and commercial account to use the city-issued blue recycling cart and green organics cart under Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 9 and California…

Fairfield's Section 9.220 forces every Organic Waste Generator, from single-family homes to five-unit-plus apartment buildings, to source-separate recyclables and organic waste from…

Every household and business in Fairfield must subscribe to weekly garbage pickup through the city's Authorized Collector under City Code Section 9.210, with recyclables and organic…

Fairfield requires every commercial or industrial business to use its franchised hauler's standard containers, keep them in a clean, safe storage area on the property, and get city…

Fairfield's Section 9.280 makes it unlawful at any time to dump, burn, bury, spill, or otherwise release solid waste anywhere in the city except into an authorized container or a…

Fairfield residents scheduling a bulk pickup for oversized items like refrigerators, sofas, or mattresses, or yard debris such as branches over three inches thick, must get a City…

Fairfield residents must roll carts to the curb in front of the home, spaced two feet apart and six feet from any fixed object or parked car, under City Code Section 9.390. Carts…

Unincorporated Solano County requires recyclable material to be kept in approved containers that are leakproof, vector-resistant and fitted with lids, with a 250-pound weight cap on…

Green waste, meaning leaves, grass clippings, brush and tree cuttings, cannot pile up on unincorporated Solano County property long enough to cause a nuisance, and the county can order…

Fairfield does not have a snow-removal ordinance: measurable snowfall is rare at 14 feet elevation. California Streets & Highways Code §5610 makes adjacent property owners responsible…

Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 27 (Community Preservation) is the city's blight-abatement chapter. It declares neglected vacant buildings to be public nuisances, requires…

Fairfield requires a Certificate of Rental Occupancy (CRO) for any dwelling unit offered for rent in the city, including houses, condominiums, apartments, and individual rooms, under…

Fairfield has not adopted a local rent control ordinance. Rent increases on covered rental units are governed by California's Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482, codified as Civil…

Fairfield does not have a local security deposit ordinance; California Civil Code §1950.5 controls. Effective July 1, 2024, California Assembly Bill 12 (Haney) capped security deposits…

Fairfield ties landlord habitability duties directly to California Civil Code Section 1941 through its community preservation code. Section 27.203(b) requires anyone with an interest…

Fairfield has not adopted a local just-cause eviction ordinance. Termination of tenancy on covered rental units is governed by the just-cause provisions of California's Tenant…

California evictions run through the unlawful detainer process. Under Code of Civil Procedure § 1161, nonpayment requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit (excluding weekends and…

California Civil Code § 1954 limits when a landlord may enter a rented home. Except in emergencies, abandonment, or with tenant consent, the landlord must give reasonable written…

California sets no fixed dollar or percentage cap on rent late fees, but a late fee in a residential lease is treated as liquidated damages. Under Civil Code § 1671, such a fee is…

To end a California month-to-month tenancy, a tenant gives 30 days' written notice. A landlord gives 30 days if the tenant has lived there under a year, or 60 days if a year or more…

California requires written notice before raising a month-to-month tenant's rent. Under Civ. Code § 827, increases of 10% or less in 12 months need 30 days' notice; increases above 10%…

California adverse possession requires five years of continuous, open, hostile possession AND payment of all property taxes during that period under Code of Civil Procedure § 325. A…

Fairfield's Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 25) generally permits mobile food vending on private property in commercial (C-G, C-H, C-N) and industrial (M-1, M-2) zones with property-owner…

Mobile food facilities (food trucks, mobile food vendors, and food carts) operating in Fairfield must hold: (1) a Fairfield business license through Community Development; (2) a Solano…

Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 5B (Solicitors, Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants) makes it unlawful to solicit, peddle, or operate as an itinerant merchant in the city without a permit…

Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 25, Article IX (Sign Ordinance) regulates political signs as a category of temporary sign, but the rules must be content-neutral under Reed v. Town of…

Fairfield's sign ordinance carves noncommercial holiday decorations out of its permit system entirely. Section 25.1302.A exempts them, along with product signage, safety signs and…

Fairfield treats off-site billboards, including electronic message boards, as generally prohibited signs. An existing billboard can only move through a City Council-approved relocation…

Freeway-oriented signs need Planning Commission approval in Fairfield, not just staff sign-off. Freestanding freeway signs are capped at 300 square feet and must sit within 200 feet of…

Window signs in Fairfield can't cover more than 35 percent of the window they're mounted on, and illuminated window signs like neon displays are further capped at 50 percent of that…

Fairfield's building inspection sequence runs under Municipal Code § 5.1.4.5, which lets the chief building official accept licensed-professional declarations in place of some special…

Fairfield enforces the 2025 California Plumbing Code, based on the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code, under Municipal Code § 5.2.9. Local amendments in § 5.2.10 require an alternate-methods…

Fairfield requires a building permit under Municipal Code § 5.1.4.3 for construction, alteration, demolition, and moved-building work, administered under the 2025 California Building…

Fairfield enforces the 2025 California Electrical Code, based on the 2023 National Electrical Code, under Municipal Code § 5.2.6. Local amendments let the chief building official cut…

Fairfield adopts the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen) under Municipal Code § 5.2.15, then layers on its own construction and demolition waste program in § 9.460…

Fairfield's zoning code limits outdoor play at licensed day care centers and preschools to 9 a.m.-6 p.m. behind a 6-foot fence, and requires 75 square feet of outdoor play space per…

Fairfield's amended Fire Code requires an approved, fully automatic fire sprinkler system throughout any building larger than 3,600 square feet, overriding any exception elsewhere in…

Every Solano County vacation house rental must equip the dwelling and each individual bedroom with functional smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and keep at least one working, clearly…

Fairfield bans camping and storing personal property on any public property citywide, and on private property without the owner's written consent, calling unsanitary, unpermitted…

Fairfield bans sitting or lying in a posted building entrance in Downtown Fairfield between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. The rule applies only to entrances carrying a specific city-approved…

Fairfield charges hosts for police costs when officers must return to a loud or disruptive party within 48 hours (residential) or five days (non-residential) of an initial written…

Fairfield bars skateboarding on the Texas Street sidewalk between Pennsylvania Avenue and Jefferson Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, under § 11.6.3, and lets the…

In any business district, § 11.6.1 of the Fairfield Municipal Code requires pedestrians to cross a roadway only at a crosswalk as defined by the state vehicle code; crossing mid-block…

Fairfield bans open containers of beer, wine, or liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley, or highway, and on public or private parking lots including shared multi-family lots. The only…

Fairfield bans smoking within 25 feet of any doorway or operable window opening onto Texas Street, or onto the rear alleys and parking lots between Texas and Empire or Missouri…

Fairfield bans "aggressive" solicitation everywhere open to the public and separately bars all solicitation within 15 feet of ATMs, in commercial driveways, and inside public transit…

Solano County makes it an infraction to delay, linger or idle in a public parking lot or facility without lawful business for being there. The rule sits in Chapter 3's…

Fairfield permits licensed cannabis retail, manufacturing and testing labs, but only in specific industrial and commercial zones under Municipal Code Section 10E.18. Retail is barred…

Fairfield bars every commercial cannabis business, whether retail, manufacturing or testing, from operating within 600 feet of a K-12 school, licensed day care center or youth center…

Health and Safety Code section 11362.2 grants every adult 21 or older the statewide right to cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors, and bars local governments from completely…

Fairfield channels adult entertainment businesses into the CS, CT and IL zoning districts and requires a zone clearance under Municipal Code Section 25.32.2 before any of them can…

Fairfield requires a police-vetted permit before anyone runs a massage establishment or offers out-call massage in the city, on top of the state's CAMTC certification. Fairfield…

Fairfield restricts specialty tobacco retailers and smoke shops to a strict 1,000-foot buffer from schools, parks and other tobacco shops, caps hours to 7 a.m.-10 p.m., and limits…

Fairfield pawnbrokers must hold every pawned item intact for the full 30-day period set by Business and Professions Code section 21636 before selling or otherwise disposing of it, keep…

Fairfield requires anyone buying, selling, or taking in pawn used tangible personal property to hold a secondhand dealer license from the Chief of Police under City Code Chapter 13…

Fairfield lets residents do minor repairs on their own registered vehicle at home, but restricts most other home auto repair. Section 27.401(u) makes major vehicle repair in a…

Fairfield issues small residential rooftop solar permits the same day for over-the-counter applications and within one to three business days for electronic ones under Municipal Code §…

Fairfield treats rooftop and building-mounted solar as a permitted use in every zoning district and only requires a building permit, per Zoning Code Section 25.30.8(B)-(C)…

California Civil Code section 714 makes any HOA covenant, deed restriction, or governing document provision that effectively prohibits or restricts a solar energy system void and…

Fairfield's traffic engineer designates bicycle routes, lanes, and crossings by sign or roadway paint under § 11.5.6, and Chapter 4 separately bars riding a bicycle on any sidewalk or…

Fairfield limits Rockville Hills Regional Park's trails to Class 1 electric bicycles only, excluding Class 2 (throttle-assisted) and Class 3 (28 mph pedal-assist) e-bikes under…

A low-speed vehicle in California may not be driven on any roadway with a speed limit above 35 miles per hour. Vehicle Code section 21260 permits it to cross a faster road only where…

Fairfield's Community Safety law lets a city Hearing Officer order a homeowners association to enforce its own CC&Rs against members or tenants who cause repeat drug, gang, or…

California HOAs may levy regular and special assessments, charge late fees and interest, record liens, and ultimately foreclose on delinquent owners under the Davis-Stirling Act. State…

California's Davis-Stirling Act gives every HOA member the right to inspect and copy association records under Civil Code § 5205. Boards must produce current-year records within 10…

California voids any HOA governing-document clause that effectively bans or unreasonably restricts a clothesline or drying rack in an owner's exclusive-use backyard. Civil Code Section…

Civil Code section 4735 voids any HOA rule that bans low-water plants, turf replacement, or artificial turf, and bars fines for cutting back watering during a declared drought…

Civil Code § 4745 voids any HOA covenant or governing-document rule that prohibits or unreasonably restricts installing an EV charging station in an owner's unit or designated parking…

Civil Code § 4705 bars every California homeowners association from limiting a member's display of the United States flag on their own lot or within their exclusive-use common area…

California law caps homeowners association fines at $100 per violation or the amount listed in the association's published penalty schedule, whichever is less. Civil Code section 5850…

A California homeowners association cannot foreclose on a member’s home over unpaid dues until the delinquent assessments alone reach $1,800, or until the assessments secured by the…

Civil Code § 4741 bars every California homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a rule that prohibits, or unreasonably restricts, renting out a separate interest, and sets a…

Fairfield requires covered landscape projects to design irrigation systems that allow for recycled water use under City Code Section 22A.16, and it rewards landscapes that actually use…

Fairfield bans failing to promptly repair a "controllable water leak" under City Code Section 22.55.020(A), covering any leak inside a customer's own plumbing or irrigation system. The…

Fairfield bans minors under 18 from public places from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. every night, and from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on school days if they should be in class. Both curfews are…

Fairfield closes every public park and open space area 30 minutes after sunset and reopens them at sunrise under Municipal Code § 12B.11, and anyone who stays past curfew without the…

Every business operating in Fairfield pays an annual license tax keyed to one of three gross-receipts classifications under Fairfield Municipal Code Section 10B.41: Class A covers…

Fairfield's landscape design standards discourage, but do not ban, invasive plant species. City Code Section 22A.8(a)(1)(G) says using species listed by the California Invasive Plant…

Fairfield's Heart of Fairfield Plan Zoning (Municipal Code Section 25.23) sets building-type design standards for Downtown: street-facing transparency percentages, ground floor ceiling…

Fairfield grants a density bonus above the otherwise maximum allowable residential density to housing developments that set aside units for very low, lower or moderate income…

Any street fair, art and craft show, or farmers market in Fairfield needs a Special Event permit from the Director under Municipal Code Chapter 12A. Fairs sited near homes that will…

A Fairfield block party needs a Special Event permit filed 30 to 90 days ahead under Municipal Code Chapter 12A, and the application must show at least two-thirds of residents on the…

A Fairfield parade needs a Special Event permit under Municipal Code Chapter 12A unless it involves 40 or fewer pedestrians confined to sidewalks and marked crosswalks. The Director…

Anyone wanting exclusive use of a Fairfield park or open space area facility, such as reserving a picnic area or field for a private gathering, needs a permit from the Director under…

Fairfield requires Minor Discretionary Review before a restaurant or bar sets up outdoor seating, plus a separate encroachment permit if the tables sit in the public right-of-way…

Fairfield's AG (Agriculture) zoning district, set out at Zoning Ordinance Section 25.26, protects farmland by permitting grazing and crop production by right and prohibiting…

Solano County Code Section 2.2-30 bars agricultural operations on agricultural land from being declared a nuisance solely because nearby land uses changed, protecting farmers and…

Fairfield's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone in Table 25-2. In the RVL:40 zone, homes must sit 30 feet back from the front property line, with rear and…

Fairfield caps the main dwelling at 35 feet in the RVL and RL residential zones under Table 25-2. A builder can only exceed that ceiling with a Conditional Use Permit approved under…

Fairfield's small-lot single-family standards cap lot coverage at 50% in the RLM zone and 60% in the RM and RH zones under Table 25-5. The standard RVL/RL district tables instead…

Fairfield bans any non-stormwater discharge into its storm drain system under City Code Section 22B.070, and Section 22B.170(B) escalates repeat violations from an infraction to a…

New construction and any 'substantial improvement' inside Fairfield's mapped flood hazard area must sit at least one foot above the base flood elevation at the lowest floor, including…

Anyone building or developing land inside Fairfield's mapped special flood hazard area must get a floodplain development permit from the Director of Public Works before work begins…

Fairfield's Grading and Erosion Control article, City Code Section 25.247, requires every grading project to protect cut and fill slopes from erosion, cap slope steepness at 2:1, and…

A Solano County vacation house rental in a High Fire Hazard Severity Zone can be approved only if defensible space around the dwelling is established and kept up under Public Resources…

The California Coastal Act, Public Resources Code sections 30000 through 30900, requires Coastal Development Permits for nearly all work in the coastal zone and gives the Coastal…

Fairfield requires outdoor lighting on private non-residential property to be shielded or recessed so glare stays on-site, and directed downward and away from adjacent residential…

Fairfield requires outdoor lighting on private non-residential property to be shielded or recessed and directed downward and away from neighboring homes and rights-of-way, under Zoning…

Fairfield bans off-site advertising structures like billboards outright under Section 25.1309.G of the sign ordinance, and separately bans animated signs that use blinking lights or…

Fairfield limits garage and estate sales to four consecutive days and no more than two per calendar year on any one parcel. Only personal household items can be sold, and nothing may…

Fairfield bans hedges, fences, or other plantings from blocking any sidewalk walkway and prohibits any right-of-way obstruction that blocks pedestrian travel or blocks sight distance…

Anyone who wants to build, place, or maintain anything in a Fairfield street right-of-way or watercourse, from a fence to a utility trench, needs an encroachment permit from the…

When a new building or land use is approved in Fairfield, Section 16.5.1(f) requires a deposit to fund planting street trees in the parkway strip fronting the lot: one tree per…

On undeveloped private property in Fairfield, four native tree species are automatically protected once they reach 6 inches in trunk diameter: native oaks, bay laurel, madrone and…

Fairfield protects individual trees for their history, rarity or size, not just their species. Section 25.36.3(D) lets the City designate any tree or group of trees as protected during…

Fairfield's 'places of public entertainment' clause in § 25.1404 bars operating a radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier, or similar device inside a…

Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.1405(A) exempts air conditioning and similar residential equipment from the city's noise ordinance, so a running HVAC unit does not violate the decibel…

Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.1404 bars loading, unloading, or delivering goods by large trucks or tractor-trailers next to a residential use between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. once the…

Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.1405(C) exempts safety, warning, and alarm devices, including house and car alarms, from the city's noise ordinance, provided the device is not…

Portable and stationary emergency generators in Fairfield may run only for outages, declared emergencies, or manufacturer-recommended testing. Fairfield Municipal Code Section…

Fairfield declares dead, diseased, or overgrown vegetation that is likely to harbor rats or vermin a public nuisance. Section 27.401(i) of the Community Preservation Code lets the…

Solano County's Local Disease Prevention Demonstration Project let participating pharmacies sell up to 10 hypodermic needles or syringes without a prescription and required them to…

Fairfield charges a 12% transient occupancy tax on rent paid by anyone occupying a hotel, motel, or similar lodging for 30 consecutive days or less, collected by the operator and…

Fairfield defines a historical or cultural monument under Chapter 26 and requires any building, structure, or site on the joint Central Solano County preservation list to clear the…

Solano County has no authorizing ordinance for card rooms: Section 21-12 bans dealing, playing, or conducting any card, dice, or gambling-device game for money, checks, or credit…

California Penal Code § 326.5 lets only tax-exempt nonprofits, mobilehome park associations, senior groups, and school-affiliated charities run bingo, and only under a local city or…

California law exempts private home card games from gambling regulation entirely. Penal Code § 337j(e)(2)(D) excludes any card game played in a private home or residence from the…

California has no legal sports betting, in stores or online. Penal Code section 337a criminalizes bookmaking, pool-selling, and placing or accepting any bet on the result of a sporting…

Flying a drone in a Solano County park requires a permit from the parks manager. Section 19-160(aa) bars operating any self-propelled unmanned aircraft system, model aircraft, boat…

Solano County caps nonagricultural noise at 65 dBA at the property line between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. under County Code Section 21-10. A data center's cooling and backup generators must…

Solano County has no dedicated data center ordinance. In the unincorporated county, a data center is treated as an industrial use and belongs in the M-L, M-G, or I-WD manufacturing…

California sets a statewide minimum wage floor under Labor Code 1182.12, $16.90 per hour for all employers as of January 2026. Local governments are not preempted and may set higher…

California's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act under Labor Code 245-249 mandates paid sick leave for nearly all employees statewide. SB 616 (2023) raised the minimum to 40 hours…

California regulates concealed carry weapons licenses statewide under Penal Code 26150 through 26225. Senate Bill 2 (2023) imposes uniform sensitive-place restrictions and applicant…

California preempts most local firearm regulation under Government Code 53071 and Penal Code 25605, reserving licensing, registration, and manufacture authority to the state. However…

California broadly prohibits open carry of firearms statewide under Penal Code 25850 (loaded firearms in public) and Penal Code 26350 (open carry of unloaded handguns). The prohibition…

California prohibits carrying loaded firearms in vehicles statewide under Penal Code 25400 and 25850. Unloaded handguns transported in private vehicles must be in a locked container or…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in California and stopping at one is a statutory obligation, not a courtesy. Vehicle Code § 2814.2(a) requires a driver to stop and submit to a sobriety…

California is one of the few states that answers this by statute rather than by case law alone. Penal Code § 148(g) says that photographing or making an audio or video recording of a…

California has no general stop-and-identify statute. The old Penal Code § 647(e), which required a person lawfully detained to give "credible and reliable" identification, was held…

California has no statute that requires you to consent to a search of your car, and none that requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What the Legislature and the voters…

California prohibits grocery stores and large retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags under Public Resources Code 42280-42288, enacted by SB 270 (2014) and ratified…

California restricts expanded polystyrene food containers statewide through SB 54 (2022) packaging requirements under Public Resources Code 42040-42081. The law mandates that…

California Public Resources Code 42270-42273, enacted by AB 1884 (2018), prohibits full-service restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless requested by the customer…

California prohibits sale of tobacco and vapor products to anyone under 21 statewide under Business and Professions Code 22958, enacted by SBX2-7 in 2016. The Tobacco 21 standard…

California bans retail sale of most flavored tobacco products statewide under Health and Safety Code 104559.5, enacted by SB 793 (2020) and upheld by voters via Proposition 31 in…

California works from a closed list: Vehicle Code section 24003 says no vehicle may carry any lamp or illuminating device not required or permitted by the code, so an accessory light…

California measures dash cam placement in square inches. Vehicle Code section 26708(b)(13) lets a video event recorder occupy a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield…

Lane splitting is lawful in California. Vehicle Code section 21658.1, added by AB 51 in 2016, defines it as driving a motorcycle with two wheels in contact with the ground between rows…

California does not let you put a cover over your license plate. Vehicle Code section 5201(c) allows exactly two things: a full car cover on a lawfully parked vehicle, and a license…

No section of the California Vehicle Code makes it an offense for a private motorist to own, carry or use a radar detector. The prohibition in Vehicle Code section 28150 reaches only…

California permits metal studded tires only between November 1 and April 30, and only where the studs are tungsten carbide or another suitable material and the metal touching the road…

California never publishes a "legal VLT" for front side windows because it does not permit aftermarket darkening there at all. Vehicle Code section 26708(d) allows only clear…