Fairfield, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Default Time Limit
- 72 consecutive hours
- Fire Hydrant
- 15 ft minimum (CVC 22514)
- Sweeping Citation
- ~$75
- Disabled Stall
- $300+ minimum
- Tow Threshold
- 72+ hrs or red zone
Summary
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 signs may impose shorter limits, time-restricted zones, or street-sweeping prohibitions. Fire hydrant, crosswalk, and red-curb rules follow state law.
22651. A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, or a regularly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of a city, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency in which a vehicle is located may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act, under the following circumstances: (a) If a vehicle is left unattended upon a bridge, viaduct, or causeway or in a tube or tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
Full Breakdown
Most Fairfield streets allow free parking subject to a 72-hour maximum stay (Municipal Code Chapter 11). Signed restrictions, 2-hour zones downtown, school-zone limits, posted permit areas, street-sweeping windows, are enforced in addition to the general rule. California Vehicle Code 22500 prohibits parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within an intersection or marked crosswalk, on a sidewalk, in front of a public or private driveway, alongside another parked vehicle (double parking), and on the wrong side of the street facing traffic. Red curbs are no-parking zones; yellow are loading; green are time-limited; white are passenger pick-up/drop-off. Fairfield's downtown core (around Texas Street and Webster Street) uses metered or time-limited parking; vehicles overstaying signed limits are subject to citation by parking enforcement. Disabled placard holders may park in any time-limited zone without paying or observing the time limit, per CVC 22511.5.
Violations & Fines
Standard parking citations $50-$75 for time violations; $75+ for street-sweeping; $100+ for fire-hydrant, crosswalk, or red-curb violations; $300+ for disabled-stall violations (CVC 22507.8). Repeat 72-hour violations can lead to vehicle tow per CVC 22651(k). Unpaid citations are referred to collections and may result in DMV registration hold.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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