The Planning & Zoning Commission is a nine-member elected board, created via Town Charter (Chapter 19, Section IV), which is responsible for:

1. Creating/updating, and continual stewardship of, Ridgefield's Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); and
2. Creating/amending Ridgefield's Zoning Regulations (as well as our Zoning Maps, Subdivision Regulations, and other related regulations); and
3. Hearing and deciding upon "Special Permit" applications, based on our regulations and POCD (noted above), as well as state statutes and other laws. 

Contact us if you need:

• Information about the Plan of Conservation and Development
• Approval of subdivisions
• Approval of plans for the construction of commercial and office buildings
• Approval of home occupations 
• Approval for the change of use of a property or business

Forms, fee schedules and other useful information can be found by clicking on "Application Procedures" and "Zoning Regulations".


 

Staff Contacts

Office Administrator: Misty Dorsch - (203) 431-2766
Zoning Enforcement Officer: Aarti Paranjape - (203) 431-2768
Planning & Zoning Director: Alice Dew - (203) 431-2767

Commission Members

Sequence	Name	Title
1.00	Robert Hendrick	Chair
2.00	Joseph Dowdell	Vice Chair
3.00	Sebastian D'Acunto
4.00	Elizabeth DiSalvo
5.00	Christopher Molyneaux
6.00	Ben Nneji
7.00	Mariah Hutchings Okrongly
8.00	Joseph Sorena