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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Law - "Cities ease rules to encourage urban farms"
That headline from a story in USA Today about cities altering their ordinances to accomodate urban farming. A quote:
City Farm is among farms sprouting in cities across the nation to meet demand for locally grown food and to make vacant lots productive and attractive. Cities are changing zoning rules not just to allow more and bigger urban farms but to encourage them. Unlike community gardens where individuals plant on small plots, urban farms are larger operations run by private companies or non-profit groups.The Chicago City Council gave urban farms a boost when it voted this month to set no size limit for them, allow produce sales in residential areas, and relax parking and fencing regulations for urban farms in business and commercial districts.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 20, 2011 09:07 AM
Posted to General Law Related