Ridgefield, CT Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Town Code § 356-4 makes it unlawful for any building, structure or land anywhere in Ridgefield to be established, installed, created, operated or otherwise used as a cannabis establishment, whether for recreational use, palliative use or any other associated use, unless expressly excepted in § 356-7. Section 356-5 separately bars commercial cultivation or dispensing of cannabis anywhere in Town, and § 356-6 blocks any zone from accepting an application for a cannabis establishment. The chapter's definitions in § 356-3 sweep in producers, dispensary facilities, cultivators, micro-cultivators, retailers, hybrid retailers, food and beverage manufacturers, product manufacturers, packagers, delivery services and transporters, effectively excluding the full menu of state-licensed cannabis business types.

§ 21a-422g(b); lawful hemp cultivation, processing, manufacturing or retail complying with state law is unaffected; and under Section 162 of Public Act No. 21-1, a consumer may cultivate up to three mature and three immature cannabis plants at their primary residence, capped at 12 plants per household, secured from access by anyone but the consumer. The First Selectman, Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Enforcement Officer share enforcement authority under § 356-8, which allows injunction, abatement action or other civil remedy; the chapter took effect upon an affirmative Town Meeting vote per § 356-10.