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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Sustainable Development Code
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Food, Health, Public Spaces
Localities can promote farm stands by allowing them as by-right uses across zoning districts and streamlining permitting processes. This memo outlines how farm stand-friendly ordinances expand economic opportunities for small producers and increase the availability of fresh produce....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Sustainable Development Code
Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces
Local governments can facilitate community gardens by passing ordinances that classify them as permitted or by-right uses on private property. This memo explains how permitting community gardens on private land can promote healthy lifestyles, improve access to fresh produce, encourage...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2007
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Center for Neighborhood Technology
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) and Al Raby High School, a Chicago Public School, are transforming the school’s physical environment into the optimal environmental leadership learning environment. The installation of a native woodland garden, named after the 2004 Nobel...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Community Development, Food, Health
This report addresses the disparities in access to fresh, healthy food within cities. In order to improve public health and benefit the local economy, city governments can use strategies like farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and urban agriculture programs to increase...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source City of San Francisco
Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Food
This ordinance establishes land and buildings as different classes of property and establishes a procedure to tax building values at lower rates than land values. It also ensures availability of full public information regarding assessments and appeal procedures; ensure that shifts...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Sustainable Development Code
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces
Local governments can save money, reduce pollution, and protect habitat by requiring landscaping to utilize native plant species. This policy memo recommends amending local codes to establish native plant minimums, establish approved species criteria, and streamline permitting processes...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Sustainable Development Code
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces
i. Local governments can establish setback requirements in zoning codes to preserve farmland and mitigate conflicting land uses. This policy memo highlights effective setback policy strategies to appropriately account for varying uses and development types, and for creating buffers...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source Madison City Council
Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Food
This ordinance amends the Downtown and Urban Districts section of the Madison zoning code. The ordinance establishes design standards; establishes building material standards and use; lists all permitted and conditional uses, including allowing community and market gardening, and...

Type Article
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Massachusetts
Source Bright Cities and Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Community Development, Education, Food, Health
The Covid-19 crisis exacerbated the lack of accessible, organic produce and high food insecurity being faced by residents of Salem, MA. This article outlines how the city established a municipal farm and food forest to provide organically grown food to local families, supported by...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2010
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National Recreation and Park Association
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces
This report finds that urban parks reduce air temperatures, air pollution, ultraviolet radiation, and atmospheric carbon dioxide. It recommends preserving and increasing urban tree cover, planting long-lived trees, reducing fossil fuel use in maintaining natural urban spaces, and...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2017
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Los Angeles City Council
Policy Areas Food
This ordinance promotes urban agriculture and increases access to healthy food through the Los Angeles City Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone program. It outlines the application procedures for the UAIZ program, mandates a UAIZ Contract recordation process, and recommends enforcement...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States, Washington
Source Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Food, Health, Public Spaces
Green roofs and community gardens can bolster the locally grown food supply while sustainably utilizing public land in urban environments. This brief outlines how local governments can implement zoning and code reforms that facilitate urban farming and green space development. It...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2010
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Seattle City Council
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Food
This ordinance updates the City's land use code governing urban agriculture uses, including: allowing urban farms and community gardens in all zones; allowing all residents to be able to sell food grown on their property; allowing farmers' markets in more areas; allowing dedicated...

Type Act or Session Law
Year 2010
Level City or Town
State(s) Missouri
Source Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Food
This ordinance defines and outlines regulations for home gardens, community gardens, and community supported agriculture....

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