Fairfield, CA Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

Fairfield handles parkway tree planting through two linked provisions. 1, in the Streets and Sidewalks title's article on required improvements for new buildings or land uses, lets the City require a developer to deposit a fee, set by City Council resolution, to fund planting street trees on the portion of the front or side yard adjoining a public street. The subsection fixes the planting ratio: one tree for every interior lot under a 75-foot frontage, one additional tree for each extra 75 feet or fraction of frontage on a larger lot, and three trees for every corner lot, and the City Engineer can require dedication of an eight-foot tree-planting easement along the frontage.

36. 11 layers a voluntary Adopt-A-Tree program onto the parkway strip, authorizing the Directors of Public Works, Community Development and Community Services to set standards letting neighborhoods, civic groups and residents plant, water and maintain the trees funded under this fee, under City oversight and contract. The fee obligation attaches at subdivision map approval, land-use permit approval, building permit issuance, or certificate-of-occupancy issuance, whichever trigger the City selects for the project.