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Dig It! A Practical Toolkit: How Local Governments Can Support Community Gardens
2009by: Herb BaboletThis toolkit from British Columbia's Ministry of Community Development provides guidance on how local governments can support community gardens. -
San Jose, CA, Envision San José 2040
Updated September 2023This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Capital Improvements Programming, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
San Diego, CA, Municipal Code
Updated February 2020This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Integrated Water Resource Management, Outdoor Lighting, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections. -
Pinellas County, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2020This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Portland, OR, City Code
Updated June 2022This regulation belongs to 18 Research KnowledgeBase collections. -
Philadelphia, PA, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2021This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Design Review, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Iowa City, IA, City Code
Updated July 17, 2018This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Design Review, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Minneapolis, MN, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Built Environment and Health, Food Trucks, Green Building, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Shared Mobility, Social Equity, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Hillsboro, OR, Municipal Code
2018The city's unified development code belongs to the Food Trucks, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Transit-Oriented Development, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
New Orleans, LA, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
Updated 2019This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Historic Preservation, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Laramie, WY, Municipal Code
Updated March 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Systems, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Kansas City, MO, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Group Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Memphis-Shelby County, TN, Unified Development Code
Adopted August 2010This regulation belongs to the Outdoor Lighting, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Sustainable Development Code
2021by: Jonathan RosenbloomThis guide belongs to the Hazard Mitigation, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Wildland-Urban Interface, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Food on Wheels: Mobile Food Vending Goes Mainstream
2013This report from the National League of Cities analyzes the mobile food vending industries of thirteen U.S. cities of varying sizes and locations. -
Urban Planning Roles In Responding To Food Security Needs
Vol. 7, No.1, November 2016by: Christine Slade, Trevor Budge, Claudia BaldwinThis article talks about how urban planning can be used to address food security and food systems. -
Ithaca, NY, City Code
Updated March 2019These regulations belong to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Urban Livestock, and Wind Energy collections. -
Champaign, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2021These regulations belong to the Food Systems, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Milwaukee, WI, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2019These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Tempe, AZ, City Code
Updated July 2021These regulations belong to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Grand Rapids, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Outdoor Lighting, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Baltimore, MD, City Code
Updated October 2021These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Social Equity, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Fairfax County, VA, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2021This regulations belong to the Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Inclusionary Housing, Outdoor Lighting, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Transit-Oriented Development, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Denver, CO, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2022This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Biophilic Planning, Climate Change, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Boulder, CO, Revised Code
Updated April 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Marijuana-Related Uses, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Solar Energy collections. -
Evanston, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2022This regulation belongs to the Climate Change, Food Trucks, Inclusionary Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Davis, CA, Municipal Code
Updated October 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Farmland Protection, Inclusionary Housing, and Solar Energy collections. -
Sacramento, CA, City Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Richmond, VA, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Inclusionary Housing, Shared Mobility, Tactical Urbanism, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Madison, WI, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2023This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Creative Placemaking, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Housing Supply Planning, Outdoor Lighting, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Sparks, NV, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2021These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Summit County, CO, Land Use and Development Code
2017These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Systems, Housing Supply Planning, Urban Livestock, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections. -
Boise, ID, City Code
Adopted November 2011This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Trucks, Green Building, and Small Wireless Facilities and Wireless Facilities in the ROW collections. -
Raleigh, NC, Unified Development Ordinance
Updated January 2020This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
New Hampshire Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques: A Handbook for Sustainable Development
October 2008This model belongs to the Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Farmland Protection, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Residential Infill Development, Scenic View Protection, Social Equity, Transfer of Development Rights, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Atlanta, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2021This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Active Transportation, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Food Trucks, Green Building, Shared Mobility, Social Equity, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Nashville-Davidson County, TN, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2019This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Housing Supply Planning, and Short-Term Residential Rentals collections. -
Boston, MA, Municipal Code
Updated November 2018This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs and Food Trucks collections. -
Denver, CO, Zoning Code
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Form-Based Zoning, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated January 2023This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Tactical Urbanism, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Bozeman, MT, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Group Housing, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Marijuana-Related Uses, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Columbia, MO, Code of Ordinances
2017The city code addresses accessory dwelling units, food systems, housing supply planning, scenic view protection, residential infill development, and urban livestock. -
Georgia Model Code: Alternatives to Conventional Zoning
June 2007by: Georgia Department of Community AffairsThis model unified development code belongs to the Design Review, Farmland Protection, Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Scenic View Protection, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Salt Lake County, UT, Code of Ordinances
2017The county code addresses housing supply planning, residential infill development, and the keeping of chickens and ducks on residential lots. -
Burlington, VT, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021These regulations belong to the 13 collections, ranging from Accessory Dwelling Units to Zoning Reform collections. -
How to Establish an Urban Agriculture Ordinance
March 2019by: Candace Spencer, Catherine Campbell, Anna PrizziaThis guide provides an overview of the processes for establishing urban agriculture ordinances in municipalities and counties. -
USDA Urban Agriculture Toolkit
February 2016This toolkit provides information related to starting urban farms to help farmers, planners, and other decision-makers support and encourage urban agriculture in their communities. -
Fort Collins, CO, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2022This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Biophilic Planning, Marijuana-Related Uses, Outdoor Lighting, Shared Mobility, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Los Alamos County, NM, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2023The county's code provides for solar access protections and the keeping of livestock in residential districts. -
Issaquah, WA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated 2019This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Capital Improvements Programming, Comprehensive Planning, and Food Systems collections.

