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Chapter 25 — Development Regulations›Article I — ZONING ORDINANCE›Division 1 — ENACTMENT AND APPLICABILITY
Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.12 Zoning Districts Established, Zoning Map Adopted
Fairfield Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Fairfield
Cite as: Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.12 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 25.12.1. Purpose.¶
This Section establishes the zoning districts to be applied to property throughout the City, adopts the City’s Zoning Map, and determines how the regulations of each zoning district apply to property.
§ 25.12.2. Zoning Districts Established.¶
All land in the City shall be divided into zoning districts that are consistent with the General Plan Land Use Element. The following zoning districts are hereby established, and shall be shown on the official Zoning Map.
| Zoning District | Zoning Map Symbol | General Plan Land Use District Implemented by Zoning District |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | Residential | Residential |
| Residential, Very Low Density | RVL | Residential, Very Low Density |
| Residential, Low Density | RL | Residential, Low Density |
| Residential, Low Medium Density | RLM | Residential, Low Medium Density |
| Residential, Medium Density | RM | Residential, Medium Density |
| Residential, High Density | RH | Residential, High Density |
| Residential, Very High Density | RVH | Residential, Very High Density |
| Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Community Commercial | CC | Community Commercial |
| Mixed Commercial | CM | Mixed Commercial |
| Neighborhood Commercial | CN | Neighborhood Commercial |
| Office Commercial | CO | Office Commercial |
| Regional Commercial | CR | Regional Commercial |
| Service Commercial | CS | Service Commercial |
| Thoroughfare Commercial | CT | Community Commercial |
| Industry | Industry | Industry |
| Limited Industrial | IL | Limited Industrial |
| General Industrial | IG | General Industrial |
| Industrial and Business Park | IBP | Business and Industrial Park |
| Agriculture and Public Benefit | Agriculture and Public Benefit | Agriculture and Public Benefit |
| Agriculture | AG | Agriculture - Extensive and Intensive |
| Open Space | OS | Open Space - Conservation |
| Public Facility | PF | Public Facilities - Institutional |
| Recreation | REC | Open Space - Recreational Public Facilities - Recreational |
| Overlay Zones | Overlay Zones | Overlay Zones |
| Downtown Area Parking Overlay | -P1 | None |
| Hillside Development Overlay | -H | None |
| North Cordelia Overlay | -NC | None |
| Planned Development Overlay | -PD | None |
| Heart of Fairfield | Heart of Fairfield | Heart of Fairfield |
| Downtown and Downtown Core | HD/HDC | CD/CDC |
| West Texas Street | HWT | MU-WTS |
| Mixed Use Office | HO | MU-O |
| Transit-Oriented Development | HTD | MU-TOD |
| Residential | HR | RM-D |
| Public Facilities-Transit | HPF | PF-T |
(Ord. No. 2017-14, § 5.)
§ 25.12.3. Zoning Map Adopted.¶
A. Inclusion by reference. The Zoning Map, together with all legends, symbols, notations, references, zoning district boundaries, map symbols, and other information on the map has been adopted by the Council in compliance with Government Code Sections 65800 et seq., and is hereby incorporated into this Zoning Ordinance by reference as though it were fully set forth here.
B. Zoning district boundaries. The boundaries of the zoning districts established by Section 25.12.3 shall be shown upon the map designated as the “City of Fairfield Zoning Map” (hereafter referred to as the “Zoning Map"), on file with the City Clerk, and available at the Department.
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