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Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia: Land Use and Policy Study Final Report
June 2010by: Susan Wachter, Gregory Scruggs, Richard VoithThis report examines the implications of making RDA-controlled parcels available for urban agriculture activities. -
Best Practices in Urban Agriculture: A Background Report for the City of Kamloops to Support Development of an Urban Agricultural Strategy
February 2007by: True Consulting GroupThis report provides information to help support urban agriculture in the city of Kamloops, BC. -
Urban Agriculture Code Audit: Milwaukee, WI
April 2012This report offers recommendations for addressing potential barriers to urban agriculture identified based on a review of the city's building and zoning code and through conversations with stakeholders. -
Urban Agriculture: Best Practices and Possibilities
June 2012by: Mary Hendrickson, Mark PorthThis report provides an overview of urban agriculture and resources and practices in parts of North America. -
Urban Agriculture in Seattle: Policy & Barriers
July 2009by: Leah Erickson, Kyle Griggs, Matt MariaThis report sets out to identify policies that promote or restrict urban agriculture in Seattle. -
Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe
October 2003by: Katherine Brown, Anne CarterThis report from the Urban Agriculture Committee of the Community Food Security Coalition provides background and justification for the rise of urban agriculture in the U.S. -
Urban Agriculture Impacts: Social, Health, and Economic: An Annotated Bibliography
November 2013by: Sheila GoldenThis briefing paper lists articles that discuss economic, social, and health impacts of urban agriculture, with a focus on forms of urban agriculture that go beyond home consumption or education. -
Portland, ME, City Code
Updated August 2022This regulation belongs to the Food Systems, Green Building, Historic Preservation, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Northampton, MA, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Farmland Protection, Social Equity, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Nampa, ID, Municipal Code
Updated May 2022The city's planning and zoning code includes a chapter on animal zoning regulations that addresses keeping agricultural animals as pets. -
Rio Rancho, NM, Municipal Code
2017The city code's animal chapter addresses domestic livestock, including chickens and pygmy goats. -
Concord, NH, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2018These regulations belong to the Home Occupations and Urban Livestock collections. -
Des Moines, WA, Municipal Code
2018The city's zoning code was amended in 2014 to address the keeping of farm animals in residential zones. -
Corpus Christi, TX, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's animal care and control code allows urban domestic fowl (chickens) and beekeeping in residential districts. -
De Pere, WI, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's animal code allows the keeping of chickens and bees in residential districts with a permit. -
Fort Bragg, CA, Municipal Code
2017The city's zoning code addresses the keeping of fowl, poultry, swine, horses, cows, other large animals, and bees. -
Fayette County, GA, Code of Ordinances
2017The county's zoning code allows beekeeping and chicken keeping on single-family residential lots. -
Dallas, NC, Code of Ordinances
2017The town's animal code was amended in 2013, 2016, and 2017 to address urban beekeeping. -
Dade City, FL, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's animal code was amended in 2012 to allow the keeping of hens within the city limits. -
Montpelier, VT, Master Plan 2010
Adopted September 2015This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Comprehensive Planning and Food Systems collections. -
Columbia, SC, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s zoning code defines and regulates food trucks as a distinct use. -
Phoenix, AZ, Municipal Code
Updated April 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Trucks, Solar Energy, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
North Kingstown, RI, Revised Ordinances
Updated August 2021These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Arvada, CO, Municipal Code
Updated November 2021The city's codified ordinances address urban agriculture. -
Wauwatosa, WI, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Hoboken, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated December 2020These regulations belong to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections. -
Huntsville, AL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2020These regulations belong to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections. -
Crested Butte, CO, Municipal Code
Updated April 2019This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections. -
East Stroudsburg, PA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Marion County, OR, County Code
Updated August 2020The county's zoning code regulates three categories of agritourism uses and addresses accessory solar energy systems and solar PV power generating facilities. -
Richmond, CA, General Plan 2030
Adopted April 2012This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Marin County, CA, Countywide Plan
Adopted 2007, amended through 2013The countywide plan includes policies that promote food systems and solar energy. -
Dunwoody, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Guilford County, NC, Development Ordinance
Updated June 2015This regulation belongs to the Agritourism and Solar Energy collections. -
Loudoun County, VA, Zoning Ordinance
2018The county's zoning ordinance allows agritourism uses and permits solar panels as accessory uses in residential districts. -
Butte County, CA, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Agritourism, Farmland Protection, and Solar Energy collections. -
Greenville, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections. -
St. Petersburg, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Transfer of Development Rights, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Ypsilanti, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2020This regulation belongs to the Marijuana-Related Uses and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Leon County, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Louisville, CO, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s zoning code permits multiple medical- and recreational-marijuana-related uses either by right or with a discretionary use permit, subject to use-specific standards. -
Hammond, IN, Zoning Ordinance
Updated October 2020The city's zoning code addresses urban agriculture. -
Springfield, MO, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2021This regulation belongs to the Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Naperville, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's zoning ordinance addresses accessory solar energy systems; the animal control ordinance addresses fowl and livestock as well as beekeeping. -
Will County, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The county's zoning code addresses solar energy systems and animal keeping in residential districts. -
Land Preservation Under the Transfer of Development Rights Program
Journal of the American Planning Association, 87(2): 228-238, 2021by: Li FangThis article examines the effectiveness of transfer of development rights (TDR) programs. -
Estimates of Transaction Costs in Transfer of Development Rights Programs
Journal of the American Planning Association, 84(1): 61-75, 2018by: Sina Shahab, Peter Clinch, Eoin O'NeillThis article examines the transaction costs associated with transfer of development rights (TDR) programs in an attempt to understand the impact of these costs on landowners' participation in farmland preservation programs. -
Targeting Spending for Land Conservation: An Evaluation of Maryland's Rural Legacy Program
Journal of the American Planning Association, 78(1): 34-52, 2012by: Rebecca Lewis, Gerrit KnaapThis article examines the performance of the Rural Legacy Areas program in Maryland, a targeted preservation effort to address urban sprawl in rural areas. -
Tompkins County, NY, Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan
Updated June 2015This functional plan contains actions aimed at supporting the agricultural sector within the jurisdiction. -
Berkeley County, WV, A Quick Guide to Conservation Easements
2021This guide provides an overview of conservation easements as tools to help protect farmland.