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    • Regulating Backyard Slaughter: Strategies and Gaps in Municipal Livestock Ordinances

      Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 6(1): 33–48, 2015
      by: Jennifer Blecha
      This article examines the animal policies in 22 U.S. cities and identifies five approaches to governing backyard slaughter.

    • Reimagining the Food System, the Economy, and Urban Life: New Urban Chicken-Keepers in U.S. Cities

      Urban Geography 35(1): 86–108, January 2014
      by: Jennifer Blecha, Helga Leitner
      This article offers a study of urban chicken-keepers in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, and describes the benefits that these residents feel they are gaining by keeping chickens.

    • Non-Commercial Keeping of Bees, Chickens, and Goats

      2016
      by: Travis Carbaugh, Shaun Flynn
      This student paper examines existing municipal efforts to regulate backyard bee, chicken, and goat keeping and proposes a model ordinance.

    • Urban Livestock Ownership, Management, and Regulation in the United States: An Exploratory Survey and Research Agenda

      Portland State Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations, 2014
      by: Nathan McClintock, Esperanza Pallana, Heather Wooten
      This report describes the findings of a survey of 134 urban livestock owners in 48 cities to determine their motivations, management practices, and compliance with local ordinances.

    • Residential Urban Chicken Keeping: An Examination of 25 Cities

      2008
      by: Kt Labadie
      This student report analyzes 25 chicken ordinances from across the U.S. and reveals trends in urban chicken-keeping regulations.

    • Guidance and Recommendations for Connecticut Municipal Zoning Regulations and Ordinances for Livestock

      June 2012
      by: Eastern Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc.
      This report offers guidance to Connecticut municipalities in drafting land use regulations related to livestock.

    • Welcoming Animals Back to the City: Navigating the Tensions of Urban Livestock Through Municipal Ordinances

      Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development 2(2): 1–23, 2012
      by: William Butler
      This article studies ordinances from 22 U.S. cities that have recently revised their codes and analyzes how these cities regulate urban livestock.

    • Illegal Fowl: A Survey of Municipal Laws Relating to Backyard Poultry and a Model Ordinance for Regulating City Chickens

      42 Environmental Law Reporter 10888, 2012
      by: Jaime Bouvier
      This article reports on municipal chicken-keeping ordinances in the 100 largest U.S. cities and offers a model ordinances for use by municipalities.

    • Feeding the Locavores, One Chicken at a Time: Regulating Backyard Chickens

      2011 Zoning and Planning Law Report, Vol. 34, No. 3, p. 1; Albany Law School Research Paper No. 46; Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper Series
      by: Patricia Salkin
      This article examines federal and state government regulation, nuisance law and restrictive covenants, and zoning and other local controls used to regulate backyard chickens.

    • Honey, It’s all the Buzz: Regulating Neighborhood Bee Hives

      Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 39: 55, 2011; Albany Law School Research Paper No. 19 of 2011–2012.
      by: Patricia Salkin
      This article reviews practical regulations that promote backyard beekeeping while maximizing its benefits and minimizing its potential harm.

    • Zoning Guidelines for Permitting Domestic Livestock Uses

      2004
      This report analyzes the potential impacts of keeping livestock in residential areas and provides a list of model zoning definitions and specific standards.

    • Urban Chicken Ownership in Four U.S. Cities

      2010
      by: USDA
      This USDA report studied the keeping of backyard chickens in four U.S. metro areas.

    • Cary, NC, Code of Ordinances

      Updated June 2021
      These regulations belong to the Group Housing and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Tampa, FL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated July 2022
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Biophilic Planning, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Tucson, AZ, Codified Ordinances

      Updated July 2022
      The city's Codified Ordinances belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Downtown Revitalization, Historic Preservation, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, Urban Heat Resilience, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Issaquah, WA, Municipal Code

      Updated August 2019
      This collection belongs to the Green Building, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Cedar Rapids, IA, Municipal Code

      Updated January 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Historic Preservation, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Lakewood, CO, Zoning Ordinance

      Updated July 2019
      These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Pittsburgh, PA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Green Building, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Scenic View Protection, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Salt Lake City, UT, City Code

      Updated September 2021
      The city's code belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Food Trucks, Group Housing, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • San Diego, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated February 2020
      This 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 2020
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Portland, OR, City Code

      Updated June 2022
      This regulation belongs to 18 Research KnowledgeBase collections.

    • Minneapolis, MN, Code of Ordinances

      Updated November 2021
      This 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.

    • Laramie, WY, Municipal Code

      Updated March 2019
      This 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 2021
      This 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 2010
      This regulation belongs to the Outdoor Lighting, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.

    • Ithaca, NY, City Code

      Updated March 2019
      These regulations belong to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Urban Livestock, and Wind Energy collections.

    • Champaign, IL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2021
      These 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 2019
      These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Grand Rapids, MI, Code of Ordinances

      Updated June 2019
      This 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.

    • Fairfax County, VA, Zoning Ordinance

      Updated July 2021
      This 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 2022
      This 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.

    • Evanston, IL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated February 2022
      This regulation belongs to the Climate Change, Food Trucks, Inclusionary Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Summit County, CO, Land Use and Development Code

      2017
      These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Systems, Housing Supply Planning, Urban Livestock, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections.

    • Denver, CO, Zoning Code

      Updated July 2021
      This 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 2022
      This 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.

    • Bozeman, MT, Code of Ordinances

      Updated December 2019
      This 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

      2017
      The city code addresses accessory dwelling units, food systems, housing supply planning, scenic view protection, residential infill development, and urban livestock.

    • Salt Lake County, UT, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The county code addresses housing supply planning, residential infill development, and the keeping of chickens and ducks on residential lots.

    • Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2021
      This consolidated city’s codified ordinance belongs to the Complete Streets, Shared Mobility, Food Systems, and Urban Livestock collections.

    • Seattle, WA, Municipal Code

      Updated April 2025
      This 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.

    • Jacksonville, FL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city's zoning code was amended in 2015 to allow chicken keeping in certain zoning districts and addresses other livestock as well.

    • Rogers, AR, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2018
      These regulations belong to the Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments and Urban Livestock collections.
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      Urban Agriculture: Growing Healthy, Sustainable Places

      PAS Report 563
      by: Kimberley Hodgson, Marcia Caton Campbell, Martin Bailkey
      Get authoritative guidance in this PAS Report for understanding urban agriculture and dealing with its implications for urban land-use planning.
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      2. Zoning Practice

      Urban Agriculture as an Emergent Land Use

      Zoning Practice — August 2014
      by: Brian Barth       August 01, 2014
      This issue of Zoning Practice describes the spectrum of land-uses and activities that comprise urban agriculture and analyzes how three very different cities are promoting urban agriculture through zoning.
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      Urban Micro-Livestock Ordinances

      Zoning Practice — April 2013
      by: Jaime Bouvier
      This article provides some insight into community-driven initiatives to sanction farm animals in urban areas and summarizes some common regulatory approaches aimed at ensuring these animals make good neighbors.
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