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About the Town
Ridgefield is a beautiful, colonial town of approximately 24,300 people in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in central Fairfield County, Connecticut.
The town was founded in 1708 when about 30 families from Long Island Sound settlements bought these uplands....
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- Public input: POCD
- 00- Memorandum - Introductory Meeting July 31
- 01- Planning Primer for Ridgefield
- 02- Conditions and Trends
- 03- Community Issues & Concerns
- 04- Conservation Strategies RFS
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- Lyme Disease Prevention Program
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- FEMA Map Updates 2024
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- Zoning Map 1946
- Zoning Map 1950
- Zoning Map 1964
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- Zoning Map 1968-1982
- Zoning Map 1987-2002
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- Policy Statement Winter Mailbox Damage
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- Winter Snow Plower-Independent Contractor for Town of Ridgefield Needed. Contact Highway Department at 203-431-2748
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- .2022 Town Revaluation Project
- 1 - 2023 Personal Property Owner Letter
- 2 - 2023 Personal Property Summary Schedule and Instructions
- 3 - 2023 Personal Property M-15
- 4 - 2023 Personal Property Lessee Letter
- 5 - 2023 Personal Property Lessee Report
- 6 - 2023-Grand List Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment Exemption Claim Form
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