In 2024, Ripton passed a new Town Plan that states:

Ripton should not support takeoff or landing zones or accommodations for aircraft of any sort (page 16): 

Air Space – Air traffic's potential negative impacts on the town include: air quality, noise, fossil fuel consumption, invasion of both privacy and personal space. Ripton's primarily mountainous landscape does not lend itself to safe horizontal airstrips. While vertical airstrips might be safely constructed, they would have a significant negative impact on the town and its residents. Ripton should not support take-off or landing zones or accommodations for aircraft of any sort in its Unified Development Bylaw.

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