Fairfield Municipal Code Art. I In General

Under the authority granted to the city by section 7600 of the Health and Safety Code of the state, the city having a population of more than fifteen hundred and not exceeding one hundred thousand, the city council, being the governing body of the city, does herewith authorize owners of property within the city limits of the city to disinter and remove human remains therefrom where such property includes a cemetery in which no interments have been made for a period of two years. A permit for removal of such human remains shall be obtained from the city prior to commencement of removal procedures. Such removal procedures shall be approved by the city health officer and shall comply with any and all applicable codes of the state.

(Ord. No. 65-22)

No person shall maliciously and willfully disturb the peace and quiet of the city or of any person therein by loud and unusual noise, by tumultuous or offensive conduct, by threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting, run any race horse, either for wager or for amusement on the streets within the city or use any vulgar or profane language within the presence of hearing of women or children in a loud or boisterous manner.

The chief of police shall remove from the halls or rooms in which any public entertainment or exhibition is being held any person violating the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 19 (1905), § 1,2; Ord. 93-9, § 10)

No person shall be in an intoxicated or drunken condition in the following places:

(a) In or upon any street, thoroughfare, alley, sidewalk, public ground, public place, or place accessible to the public, or exposed to public view.

(b) In or on any automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle, streetcar, railroad car or other vehicle.

(Ord. No. 148 [1945], § 1)

No person shall, upon any street or public place or upon any lot owned by any person within the city, use, discharge, or cause or permit to be used or discharged any firearm, gun, pistol, or any weapon or thing which is capable of propelling or which does propel, in any manner, any bullet, or missile whatever.

There shall be exempt from the prohibition of this section, peace officers while in the performance of their duties; other persons designated by the chief of police; those persons employed by and those areas designated and owned by the unified school district; firearms and archery ranges sponsored, owned, designated or licensed by the city.

(Ord. No. 52 [1913], § 1; Ord. No. 69-24, § 1; Ord. No. 93-9, § 10)

No person not the owner thereof shall injure, disfigure, destroy, or cause or direct the injury, disfigurement, or destruction of any monument, public building, work of art, or useful or ornamental improvement within the city, whether situated on private ground or on any street, sidewalk, public easement or public park or place.

(Ord. No. 12 (1953), § 3)

No person shall make, cause, suffer or permit to be made or caused, upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by such person, any unnecessary noises or sounds which are annoying to persons of ordinary sensitiveness, or which are so harsh or so prolonged or unnatural or unusual in their intensity, time or place of occurrence as to occasion discomfort to the inhabitants of the city.

(Ord. No. 56-17, § 2)

Specific noise regulations and prohibitions are contained in Chapter 25, Article X of the Fairfield City Code.

(Ord. No. 2004-18, § 1)

The creating, causing or maintaining on any property within the city of any accumulation of junk, rubbish or other material of unsightly or unhealthy nature and which may endanger or injure neighboring property or the health or welfare of the residents of the vicinity, any structure partially destroyed by fire or otherwise or any unsafe building or structure which is liable to become a fire menace or permitting on any premises dry grass, weeds, brush, sewage, or stagnant water to stand or remain on such premises shall constitute a nuisance.

(Ord. No. 98 [1930], § 1)

Where any of the nuisances mentioned in the preceding section are maintained on any property in the city it shall be the duty of the owner, agent or tenant of the property to abate such nuisance within five days after being notified so to do in writing by the chief of police, or superintendent of streets. If such nuisance is not abated within five days time, the chief of police or superintendent of streets shall have the right to abate and remove of same against the property on which such was maintained, which costs and expenses shall be a lien upon such property and collected with and at the same time the taxes are collected, and if not paid, such payment may be enforced against the property by any appropriate action in a court having jurisdiction thereof. Notification sent by registered mail to owners residing outside the city, addressed to them at their known place of residence or business, shall be sufficient service on them of such notification for all purposes herein.

(Ord. No. 98 [1930], § 2; Ord. No. 134 [1943], § 1; Ord. 93-9, § 10)

Every person who, within the incorporated area of the city, deals, plays, or carries on, opens, or causes to be opened, or who conducts, either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, checks, or credit, as the result of any such game, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 61-17, § 1)

The provisions of chapter 12 of division 15 of the public resources code, "Solar Shade Control", shall not apply within the City of Fairfield.

(Ord. No. 79-8, § 1)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, leave standing, or cause or permit to be left standing any vehicle upon any privately owned offstreet parking facility or lot when the adjoining business or commercial establishments are not open for business without the written consent of the owner of such privately owned parking facility or lot.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to enter and remain upon any privately owned offstreet parking facility or lot when the adjoining business or commercial establishments are not open for business without the written consent of the owner of such privately owned parking facility or lot.

(Ord. No. 81-16, § 1)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess an open container of beer, wine, or any intoxicating liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley or highway.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess an open container of beer, wine, or any intoxicating liquor on any public or private off-street parking lot or in any common or shared parking area in a multi-family complex.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, it shall not be unlawful for any person to consume or possess an open container of alcohol upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, highway, or public or private off street parking lot if such person has purchased or been furnished said alcohol from premises which are selling or furnishing alcohol as part of a Special Event which has received a permit pursuant to section 12A.12 of this code, and said alcohol is consumed within the confines of the segregated area described in section 12A.10(c) of this code.

(Ord. No. 81-23, § 1; Ord. No. 90-3, § 3; Ord. No. 96-2, § 1; Ord. No. 2021-11, § 2)

(a) Between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., no person shall enter, remain, or be present in or upon the Fairfield Civic Center grounds. For purposes of this section, the “Fairfield Civic Center grounds” shall include the area bounded by Civic Center Drive, Pennsylvania Avenue, Kentucky Street, and Webster Street, together with the property located at 1200 Civic Center Drive.

(b) This section shall not apply to persons whose presence is authorized by either the City of Fairfield or County of Solano, or is in conjunction with an activity that is authorized or permitted by the City of Fairfield or County of Solano, or is in conjunction with gaining ingress to or egress from the Fairfield Police Department.

(c) This section does not prohibit anyone from being present at any time on a sidewalk adjacent to any public street.

(d) A violation of this Section shall be deemed an infraction for the first three offenses occurring within a 12-month period from the first offense. Any violation beyond the third offense within the same 12-month period shall be charged as a misdemeanor, unless reduced to an infraction at the discretion of the city attorney or district attorney.

(Ord. 2020-10, § 1)

(a) No person shall sit or lie down in an entrance to a building in Downtown Fairfield between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. if that entrance is posted with a sign giving notice that such conduct is prohibited. The sign must have letters not less than one half (1/2) inch in height, refer this Section 12.21 of the Fairfield Municipal Code, and be in a form approved by the City.

(b) For purposes of this section, “Downtown Fairfield” means the area bounded by and including the west side of Pennsylvania Avenue, the south side of Missouri Street, the east side of Jefferson Street, and the north side of Empire Street. “Entrance” means the entire area between the outer edge of the entryway to the building and an exterior door and includes the doorway.

(c) The prohibition in this section shall not apply to any person sitting or lying down in any entrance to a building due to a medical emergency.

(d) A violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction for the first three offenses occurring within a 12-month period from the first offense. Any violation beyond the third offense within the same 12-month period shall be charged as a misdemeanor, unless reduced to an infraction at the discretion of the city attorney or district attorney.

(Ord. 2020-11, § 1)