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The government and politics of Darien, Connecticut take place in a historically overwhelmingly Republican, upper-middle class coastal town with a Triple-A bond rating, and a tax base made up of wealthy homes, country clubs (some of the largest taxpayers), and some office buildings. Although modern Darien is largely a Manhattan suburb, its local ...
The Western Connecticut Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut.It is served by the coterminous Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG), one of nine regional councils of governments in Connecticut.
Darien (/ ˌ d ɛər i ˈ æ n / DAIR-ee-AN) is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.With a population of 21,499 and a land area of just under 13 square miles (34 km 2), it is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast.
The Census noted that there is substantial correlation between the historic county borders and planning regions, however planning regions may incorporate towns from several counties. The bureau notes that the recognition of planning regions as county equivalents was unique to the specific conditions in Connecticut, and would not constitute a ...
The Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (SZEA) is a federal planning document first drafted and published through the United States Commerce Department in 1922, [50] which gave states a model under which they could enact their own zoning enabling laws.
Darien Downtown is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.It represents the built-up center of town around the intersections of U.S. Route 1 (Boston Post Road), Connecticut Route 124 (Mansfield Avenue), and Connecticut Route 136 (Tokeneke Road).
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Regional planning is the science of efficient placement of infrastructure and zoning for the sustainable growth of a region. Advocates for regional planning such as new urbanist Peter Calthorpe, promote the approach because it can address region-wide environmental, social, and economic issues which may necessarily require a regional focus.