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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. -
Washington, DC, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, and Urban Agriculture 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. -
Hailey, ID, Municipal Code
Updated October 2022This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Building, Housing Supply Planning, Outdoor Lighting, Solar Energy, Tiny Homes and Micro Apartments, and Urban Livestock 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. -
Austin, TX, Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan
Updated June 2018This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Biophilic Planning, Built Environment and Health, Creative Placemaking, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, and Solar Energy collections. -
Municipal Strategies to Support Local Food Systems: Including Local Food in Comprehensive Plans and Urban Agriculture Ordinance Toolkit
September 2012This report is a two-part document that belongs to both the Food Systems and the Urban Agriculture collection. -
The Suburban Cook County, IL, Food System: An Assessment and Recommendations
2012This report gives a snapshot of the current food system and lays the groundwork for broader regional planning around local food. -
Preserving Rural Character Through Agriculture: A Resource Kit for Planners
December 2000by: Nada HaddadThis guide focuses on the preservation of rural character through a thriving agricultural sector. -
Peoria, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Form-Based Zoning, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Chattanooga, TN, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2021These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Food Systems, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Jefferson County, WI, Agricultural Preservation and Land Use Plan
Updated March 2024This functional plan addresses farmland protection for the county through several policies, tools, and programs. -
Community Food Assessment Guide
March 2008by: Sue Ross, Zena SimcesThis guide was written to help health authorities and community organizations undertake a community food assessment. -
Oneida County, ID, Development Code
Updated June 2023The county’s development code addresses farmland protection. -
Hartford, CT, Zoning Regulations
Updated June 2020These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Systems, Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Jacksonville, FL, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's zoning code was amended in 2015 to allow chicken keeping in certain zoning districts and addresses other livestock as well. -
Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2021This consolidated city’s codified ordinance belongs to the Complete Streets, Shared Mobility, Food Systems, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Harvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities
2017This report focuses on regional food systems as a means for enhancing economic opportunity. -
Community Food System Assessment: A Companion Tool for the Guide
2009by: Christina MiewaldThis companion report to the Community Food Assessment Guide provides a wide range of food systems planning indicators. -
Decatur, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2024These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Systems, Housing Supply Planning, Tree Preservation and the Urban Forest, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Fort Worth, TX, Code of Ordinances
Updated 2025These regulations belong to the Food Truck, Home Occupations, and Tree Preservation and the Urban Forest collections. -
Austin, TX, City Code
Updated April 2022These regulations belong to 19 different Research KnowledgeBase collections, ranging from Active Transportation to Urban Agriculture. -
Charlotte, NC, Unified Development Ordinance
Updated June 2024This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Trucks, Group Housing, Hazard Mitigation, Housing Supply Planning, Transit-Oriented Development, Tree Preservation and the Urban Forest, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
San Antonio, TX, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2023These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Age-Friendly Communities, Food Trucks, Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Historic Preservation, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, and Tree Preservation and Urban Forest collections. -
Seattle, WA, Municipal Code
Updated April 2025This regulation belongs to 22 different Research KnowledgeBase collections, ranging from Accessory Dwelling Units to Youth in Planning. -
A Model Township Zoning Ordinance: Raising and Keeping of Chickens
n.d.This model ordinance written for Pennsylvania townships addresses the raising and keeping of chickens on a noncommercial basis at a residential property. -
Local Governments Support for Local Food Systems
January 2012The fact sheet talks about county level plan policies, food councils, and public-private partnerships and how these can help further food systems. -
Community Food System Assessments
PAS Memo — November/December 2015A community food system assessment provides a clear picture of the food system resources, assets, challenges, and opportunities in a community. An assessment provides a solid grounding in the existing conditions of food access, food production and consumption, and food-related industry and employment. -
Eliminating Food Insecurity With Aquaponics
by: Dina WaltersEquity in Practice: East Oakland partners to address food insecurity. -
Examining Food Systems and Sovereignty In Conflict Cities
by: Jessica ShakesprereUncovering JAPA: Future planners should be prepared for the politics of planning, especially the challenging role of planning in conflict cities aiming to protect food systems. -
It’s Not Necessarily Solar vs. Agriculture
by: Alexsandra GomezThe topic of large-scale solar development in rural communities doesn't have to be controversial. Learn how local officials and developers can work together to clear up the misconception that these two land uses cannot co-exist. -
Food For the People: Planning For Equitable Regional Food Systems
by: Nina SaylesUncovering JAPA: Understand the work that remains in regional food systems planning to make them more equitable. -
Rogers, AR, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2018These regulations belong to the Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments and Urban Livestock collections. -
Preventing the Extinction of Small Farms
Zoning Practice — December 2024This issue of Zoning Practice explores zoning techniques that can help prevent the extinction of small farms. By examining successful case studies and innovative policies, it highlights how strategic zoning can foster communities where small farms in rural and peri-urban contexts thrive and contribute to local food security and agricultural heritage.