| Jurisdiction Name: | Wyandotte County |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 161,777 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | legislation and regulations |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | farmers markets, food access, locally grown food, ordinance, permit, zoning district, zoning ordinance |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Department of Urban Planning and Land Use |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The ordinance expands access to local, healthy food by simplifying the processes governed by local law for establishing farmers’ markets. The amendments provide a definition for farmers’ markets, amend the allowable special uses to include farmers’ markets, and allow farmers’ markets as a permissible accessory use in the following districts or their equivalents: AG, C-0, C-1, C-D, C-2, C-3, M-1, M-2, M-3, and TND. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
