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TransportationSet by DIF ordinanceCitation Fairfield Municipal Code ch. 25 art. XI, Development Impact Fees, ss. 25.1501-25.1511 (Ord. No. 2013-11 s. 2, as amended by Ord. No. 2022-12)

Northeast Area Traffic Impact Fee

Levied by City of Fairfield on new development in Fairfield. Authorized under the Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1505, ch. 25 Art. XI, as amended by Ord. No. 2022-12 s. 3. Collected at building permit issuance, by Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1506.

What one house pays

$20,139

This fee is not in Fairfield's published figure. This site publishes a home outside any plan area, and this charge applies only in Northeast Area. The amount shown is what it costs a house that is there.

Total one-time fees here
$87,897
Adjustment
Adjusts only when the board sets a new amount
what the document says

by resolution

The record

Why it exists

“It is the intent of the City to require every person who develops land to mitigate the impacts of that development on public facilities.”

Fairfield Municipal Code ch. 25 Art. XI, s. 25.1501 "Findings and intent"; Ord. No. 2013-11, §2 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“The purpose of this article is to establish a traffic facility construction and fee requirement, an urban design facilities construction and fee requirement, a public facilities construction and fee requirement, a park and recreational facilities construction and fee requirement, and a Northeast Area facility construction and fee requirement that impose upon future development projects an equitable share of the cost of mitigating future public facilities demands created by such projects.”

Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1502 "Purpose"; Ord. No. 2013-11, §2 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“Northeast Area" means that portion of the City shown on the Land Use Plan (Figure 1-2) of the July 2011 Train Station Specific Plan as well as other land within the City that is located east of Clay Bank Road and north of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.”

Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1503 "Definitions"; Ord. No. 2013-11, §2; Ord. No. 2022-12, §2 · source document ↗
When it was adopted

2013 (Ord. No. 2013-11, § 2); amended 2022 (Ord. No. 2022-12, § 3)

“the City Council adopted Ordinance 2013-11 to add Article XI to Chapter 25 of the City of Fairfield Municipal Code to codify provisions for impact fees, including the citywide Traffic Impact Fee and various Northeast Area Development Impact Fees (collectively the "Fees")”

City of Fairfield Resolution No. 2022-146, adopted June 21, 2022, first WHEREAS clause · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Ordinance No. 2013-11, § 2, as amended by Ordinance No. 2022-12, § 3

“the City Council adopted Ordinance 2013-11 to add Article XI to Chapter 25 of the City of Fairfield Municipal Code to codify provisions for impact fees, including the citywide Traffic Impact Fee and various Northeast Area Development Impact Fees (collectively the "Fees")”

City of Fairfield Resolution No. 2022-146, adopted June 21, 2022, first WHEREAS clause · source document ↗
When it is paid

at building permit issuance, by Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1506

“Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1506, "Payment of fees": "Pursuant to California Government Code Section 66007(b), the City has established reserve accounts and appropriated funds to those accounts ... Therefore, fees required by this article shall be paid at the time of issuance of a building permit for a development."”

Fairfield Municipal Code ch. 25 art. XI, Development Impact Fees, ss. 25.1501-25.1511 (Ord. No. 2013-11 s. 2, as amended by Ord. No. 2022-12) · source document ↗
Who collects it

City of Fairfield, Community Development — Building Safety Division

“NOTE: The fee schedule mentioned above only includes the fees that are collected with the building permit.”

City of Fairfield, Community Development – Building Safety Division, "DEVELOPMENT FEES – RESIDENTIAL FEES", Effective 7/1/26, Rev. June 16, 2026, note at foot of page 5 · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“A developer shall be entitled to a credit to the amount of fees required by this article to the extent that the developer constructs, pursuant to City standards and requirements, public facilities that were included in the project lists used to determine the fees established pursuant to this article.”

Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1507 "Credits"; Ord. No. 2013-11, §2 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to single-family detached.

Applies toBasisEffectiveAmount
Low Density (RL/RLM) per DU 1 Jul 2026 $20,139
the line this rate was read from

“Northeast Area Fees / Transportation / Low Density (RL/RLM) $20,139”

City of Fairfield, Community Development – Building Safety Division, "DEVELOPMENT FEES – RESIDENTIAL FEES", Effective 7/1/26, Rev. June 16, 2026, page 5, item 30 "Northeast Area Fees", column heading "Transportation", row "Low Density (RL/RLM)" · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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