Frequently Asked Questions

Where do I call for street maintenance complaints?

The Public Works Department may be contacted at 513-867-4200 for all street and right-of-way repairs. In addition residents may submit a needed street repair report online by visiting our road repair page.

The Fairfield Police Department is authorized by law to remove:

• any vehicle left unattended upon any street for forty-eight hours;
  
• any vehicle that is illegally parked that constitutes a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic; or
  
• any vehicle that is left on private property for more than seventy-two consecutive hours without the property owner's permission.
• Abandoned junk motor vehicles from public or private property.

Owners of illegally parked or unattended vehicles are liable for citation and towing fees. For further information, contact our Community Relations Division at 513-896-8254.

All persons operating a bicycle or moped must obey official traffic control signals, signs and other traffic control devices that apply to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.

Signs indicating that right, left or U-turns are not permitted must be obeyed except where the person dismounts from the bicycle and obeys normal pedestrian regulations. Any person riding upon a roadway shall ride as close as possible to the right-hand side of the roadway.

It is also illegal for any person to carry another person on a bicycle, unless the bicycle is designed and equipped to carry another person. Go-carts are not permitted on the public streets.

Any person operating a moped must be at least 14 years of age, and must have a valid moped license. All mopeds or bikes must be equipped with a bell, siren or whistle to warn others.

Moped and bikes must also be equipped with a white light on the front, and a red light or red reflector on the rear. Both the red light and red reflector on the rear are required when operating at night.

For additional information, contact the Community Relations Division at 513-896-8254.

The City of Fairfield will remove dead animals in the roadway. Call the police department at 513-829-8201 and the problem will be taken care.

Removal of dead animals from private property is the responsibility of the property owner. Your veterinarian can help you with a referral.

If you are involved in an accident, there are several things you are legally required to do.

First, you must stop at the scene of the accident or as close to the scene as possible.

Second, give any help you can if someone is obviously injured. Don't attempt to move an injured person from a wrecked vehicle unless you have the necessary medical training or there is another immediate danger, such as a fire.

Third, report the accident to the police as quickly as possible. This includes accidents that occur on private property, that involve injury or death.

Fourth, exchange information with other people involved in the accident as soon as possible. This includes name, address and driver's license number of other drivers; license plate numbers; names and addresses of anyone injured; names and addresses of any witnesses; name, address and insurance policy number from other vehicle owners. Be sure to notify your own insurance company immediately. You should also see a doctor at the first opportunity. You might be injured and not know it.

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Use our online form to report problems.

The camera looks down at an area behind the stop in the vicinity of the stop bar and cannot see beyond that area. The coordinated traffic closed loop system calculates the amount of green to provide by counting the number of cars that go through during each green light. However, the driver must pull up to the stop bar to be detected.

The video that comes from the camera is converted to computer data in the Autoscope controller and the picture is lost forever. The city does not capture any of the video before it is processed. Even if the system had capture capabilities, only the tops of vehicles, not the occupants or the license plates would be seen.

Streetlight trouble may be reported to Duke Energy (formerly Cinergy) via telephone at 513-651-4182 or via their Web site at www.duke-energy.com.

To make a report, you will need to provide the location's street address or pole tag number.

Butler Rural customers are asked to call 513-867-4400.

To report a leaking or otherwise defective fire hydrant, contact the City of Fairfield Public Utilities Water Division at 513-858-7775.

To report a car abandoned on a public street or parked in a fire lane, contact the Fairfield Fire Department at 513-829-8201.