[HISTORY: Adopted by the Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Fairfield as Ch. 10 of the Code of the Town of Fairfield 1968. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Historic District Commission — See Charter, § 10.14.
Harbor Management Area — See Ch. 24, § 24-14B.
Real property management — See Ch. 35.
An historic district is hereby established in the Town, the boundaries of which are shown on the map entitled "Historic District, Fairfield, Connecticut," which map is filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and which district is more particularly bounded and described as follows:
A. 
Beginning at a point of intersection of the center line of Turney Creek and the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence southerly along the center line of Turney Creek for a distance of one hundred forty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and one hundred twenty-five feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along a line which is parallel to and one hundred twenty-five feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of four hundred ten feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly property line of land now or formerly of David and Jean H. Whitney; thence southerly along the westerly property line of land now or formerly of David and Jean H. Whitney for a distance of seventy-five feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of one hundred feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the easterly property line of land now or formerly of Lawrence and Doris N. Hemmendinger; thence northerly along the westerly property line of land now or formerly of Lawrence and Doris N. Hemmendinger and Ernest M. and Hedwig D. Rappolt for a distance of seventy-five feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and one hundred twenty-five feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along a line which is parallel to and one hundred twenty-five feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of one thousand sixty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly street line of South Benson Road; thence southerly along the westerly street line of South Benson Road for a distance of twenty-five feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of one hundred thirty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the easterly property line of land now or formerly of Robert G. and Jean D. Lee; thence southerly along the easterly property line of land now or formerly of Robert G. and Jean D. Lee for a distance of fifty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred fifty feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred fifty feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of three hundred feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the easterly property line of land now or formerly of Joseph A. and Susan G. Racioppi; thence northerly along the easterly property line of land now or formerly of Joseph A. and Susan G. Racioppi and Agnes G. Fairfield for a distance of fifty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of four hundred seventy feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet easterly of the easterly street line of Beach Road; thence southerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet easterly of the easterly street line of Beach Road for a distance of six hundred fifty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the northerly street line of Sunnieholm Drive; thence westerly along the northerly street line of Sunnieholm Drive for a distance of two hundred seventy feet, more or less, and extending to a point of intersection with the westerly street line of Beach Road; thence southerly along the westerly street line of Beach Road for a distance of four hundred seventy feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the northerly property line of land now or formerly of Edward A. Wenzel; thence westerly along the northerly property line of land now or formerly of Edward A. Wenzel, Town of Fairfield and Sybil B. McLaughlin, for a distance of one thousand one hundred seventy feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the easterly street line of Penfield Road; thence northerly along the easterly street line of Penfield Road for a distance of eight hundred ten feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet southerly of the southerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of six hundred seventy feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the easterly property line of land now or formerly of Donal M. and Eleanor D. Collimore; thence northerly along the easterly property line of land now or formerly of Donal M. and Eleanor D. Collimore for a distance of two hundred seventy feet, more or less, and extending to a point of intersection with the northerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence westerly along the northerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of one hundred ninety feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet westerly of the easterly street line of the Old Post Road; thence northerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet westerly of the easterly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of eight hundred thirty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly extension of the southerly property line of land now or formerly of the City Trust Company; thence easterly along the extension of and the southerly property line of land now or formerly of the City Trust Company for a distance of two hundred feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence southerly along the westerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of sixty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly extension of the southerly property line of land of the Town; thence easterly along the extension of and the southerly property line of land of the Town for a distance of two hundred seventy feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet easterly of the easterly street line of the Old Post Road; thence southerly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet easterly of the Old Post Road for a distance of five hundred seventy feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence easterly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of one thousand one hundred fifty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly property line of land now or formerly of the First Church Congregational in Fairfield; thence southerly along the westerly property line of land now or formerly of the First Church Congregational in Fairfield for a distance of fifty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and one hundred fifty feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence easterly along a line which is parallel to and one hundred fifty feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of two hundred forty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the easterly street line of Beach Road; thence northerly along the easterly street line of Beach Road for a distance of fifty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence easterly along a line which is parallel to and two hundred feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of one thousand one hundred feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly street line of South Benson Road; thence southerly along the westerly street line of South Benson Road for a distance of one hundred ten feet; more or less, to a point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and one hundred twenty-five feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road; thence easterly along a line which is parallel to and one hundred twenty-five feet northerly of the northerly street line of the Old Post Road for a distance of one thousand three hundred twenty feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly street line of the Post Road (U.S. Route No. 1); thence southerly along the westerly street line of the Post Road (U.S. Route No. 1) for a distance of one hundred ninety feet, more or less, and extending to the point of beginning.
An historic district is hereby established in Greenfield Hill to be known as the "Greenfield Hill Historic District," the boundaries of which are shown on a map entitled, "Historic District, Greenfield Hill, Town of Fairfield," and which map is filed in the office of the Town Clerk. Such district being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
A. 
The village green and the adjacent properties on Meeting House Lane, Hillside Road and Old Academy Road, the Greenfield Hill Congregational Church and Church House, and extending southerly along both sides of Bronson Road to and including the old cemetery, and southerly along both sides of Hillside Road to a point below Verna Hill Road, including therein the following parcels of property as recorded in the Town Assessor's office:
Map No.
Parcel No.
171
28-32, inclusive
173
17-19, inclusive
173
28, 29
173
35-37, inclusive
173
43, 44
173
54-56, inclusive
173
60-85, inclusive
223
1, 10, 11
[Amended 1-23-1995]
A. 
An historic district is hereby established in Southport to be known as the "Southport Historic District," the boundaries of which are shown on a map entitled, "Southport Historic District, Town of Fairfield," which map is filed in the office of the Town Clerk. Such district being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
(1) 
The Southport Historic District is generally bounded on the north by the southerly line of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, on the south by the Mill River and Southport Harbor, on the west by Old South Road, including both sides, and on the east by Rose Hill Road, including both sides, Church Street and the west side of Prospect Lane. The east extension boundary crosses Prospect Lane in a northerly direction to the northwest corner of Lot 55 (Map 241). At said point the boundary runs around the north, east and south property lines of said lot and returns across Prospect Lane to the existing Southport Historic District boundary, then returns along said boundary in a northwesterly direction to the point of beginning. Said district includes therein the following parcels of property as recorded in the Town Assessor's office:
Map No.
Tax Parcel No.
241
1-27, inclusive
241
34-53, inclusive
241
55
241
72-76, inclusive
241
79-87, inclusive
241
93, except that portion thereof used for commercial purposes
241
94-151
241
156-157
241
165-168, inclusive
241
186-201, inclusive
241
201A-202A
241
202-205, inclusive
241
210-213, inclusive
241
214, that portion fronting on Pequot Avenue to a depth of 200 feet
231
418-427, inclusive
231
441
231
453-455, inclusive
B. 
Spruce Street Extension. The existing Southport Historic District established in Southport, known as the "Southport Historic District," the boundaries of which are shown on a map entitled, "Southport Historic District, Town of Fairfield," shall be amended to include an extension. Upon adoption of this ordinance, a map entitled "Southport Historic District, Town of Fairfield, Amended 2007," shall be filed in the office of the Fairfield Town Clerk, which will include the extension bounded and described as follows:
[Added 10-22-2007]
(1) 
The existing northern boundary of the Southport Historic District shall be amended and generally bounded to include both sides of Spruce Street, to No. 100 on the east side and to Rennell Drive on the west and that portion of the railroad easement that connects with the existing historic district and includes the railroad stations on both sides of the tracks.
(2) 
Said extension includes therein the following parcels of property as recorded in the Assessor's Office:
Map No.
Tax Parcel No.
241
181
241
221-226, inclusive
243
25-27, inclusive
243
39-41, inclusive
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 26-4 through 26-6, concerning the Historic Commission, were repealed 9-28-1998. See § 10.14 of the Charter.
The Historic District Commission shall adopt regulations and rules of procedure and shall be subject to all of the requirements imposed by the state statutes and the Charter regarding the administration and operation of the Commission.
[Added 7-26-1999]
The Historic District Commission is authorized to study and make recommendations to the Representative Town Meeting to establish additional historic properties from time to time as the Historic District Commission sees fit to make such studies and recommendations. Only those properties authorized in writing by the owner or owners of record shall be recommended by the Historic District Commission and designated by the Representative Town Meeting as historic properties.
[Added 9-23-2019; amended 8-25-2025]
The following properties have been designated as historic properties by the Representative Town Meeting:
A. 
1520 Bronson Road, more particularly described in Volume 596 at Page 1103 of the Fairfield Land Records;
B. 
506 Jennings Road, more particularly described in Volume at Page of the Fairfield Land Records;
C. 
5210 Congress Street, more particularly described in Volume 3929 at Page 223 of the Fairfield Land Records;
D. 
230 Unquowa Road, also known as Assessor's Map 180, Block 315, Parcel ID 15502;
E. 
449 Mill Plain Road, more particularly described in Volume 4488 at Page 293 of the Fairfield Land Records;
F. 
1135 Mill Hill Road, more particularly described in Volume 6584 at Page 61 of the Fairfield Land Records;
G. 
170 Pequot Avenue, more particularly described in Volume 1484 at Page 219 of the Fairfield Land Records;
H. 
375 Warner Hill Road, more particularly described in Volume 6519 at Page 296 of the Fairfield Land Records;
I. 
12 Ermine Street, more particularly described in Volume 2205 at Page 275 of the Fairfield Land Records;
J. 
554 Tunxis Hill Road, more particularly described in Volume 6305 at Page 101 of the Fairfield Land Records; and
K. 
515 Stillson Road, more particularly described in Volume 5859 at Page 132 of the Fairfield Land Records.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall relieve any property owner of complying with the requirements of any other state statutes, this Code or municipal ordinances or regulations affecting the uses of land within the Town.