| Jurisdiction Name: | Minneapolis |
| State/Province: | MN |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 392,578 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, economic development, food access, food retail, fruits, grocery store, health, healthy, healthy food, license, local, mobile, mobile market, mobile vending, produce, retail, vegetables |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City Council of the City of Minneapolis |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development |
| Support Entity(s): | City of Minneapolis License and Consumer Services Department |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Amended the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances to expand the locations of mobile grocery stores and offer a larger healthy selection of food. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
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Baltimore Food Policy Director
| Jurisdiction Name: | Baltimore |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 620,961 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | motion |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, children, economic development, food access, food desert, food policy, food policy advisor position, food production, food security, obesity, staffing, urban, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Baltimore City Council, Baltimore Board of Estimates |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Baltimore City Planning Department |
| Support Entity(s): | Baltimore City Office of Sustainability |
| Funding Amount: | $90,220 |
| Funding Sources: | General Fund |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Approved funding for a full-time Food Policy Director to implement the City’s Food Policy Task Force plan, which calls for increasing access to healthy foods and fighting childhood obesity. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Baltimarket Grant Agreement
| Jurisdiction Name: | Baltimore |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 620,961 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | grant agreement |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | SNAP, affordability, corner store, culturally appropriate, food access, food desert, food infrastructure, grocery store, health, healthy corner store program, healthy eating, healthy food, institution, school, seniors, supermarket |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Baltimore City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Maryland Community Health Resources Commission |
| Support Entity(s): | Baltimore City Health Department |
| Funding Amount: | $275,000 |
| Funding Sources: | Baltimore City Council |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Provided funding through February 28, 2015 to implement the Baltimarket Healthy Stores project, a suite of community-based programs that aim to improve the health and wellness of Baltimore City residents and includes the Virtual Supermarket Program and the Neighborhood Food Advocates Initiative. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Philadelphia 2035 Plan
| Jurisdiction Name: | Philadelphia |
| State/Province: | PA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 1,526,006 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | affordability, buy local, comprehensive plan, corner store, economic development, farmers market, food access, food infrastructure, food policy council, food retail, health, healthy eating, healthy food, intersectoral collaboration, land use, local food, school, school meal, school meal program, urban |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Philadelphia City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Philadelphia City Planning Commission |
| Support Entity(s): | Philadelphia Department of Public Health |
| Funding Amount: | percentage of $25,400,000 |
| Funding Sources: | city, state, and federal partners including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Enabled the creation of Get Healthy Philly, which includes Food Fit Philly. This ensures that all Philadelphians have access to healthy, affordable food (locally grown where possible); institutionalized partnership between the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health; established strategies and activities for incorporating health in all policies. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
Keeping of Honeybees, Ordinance No. 12-00035
| Jurisdiction Name: | Madison |
| State/Province: | WI |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 233,209 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, bees, food production, honeybee permit, honeybees, honeybees permit, land use, local, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Madison City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Madison, WI Treasurer's Office |
| Support Entity(s): | City of Madison Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The city of Madison updated their code of ordinances and zoning code to allow for beekeeping in the city. There are a number of restrictions related to the keeping of honeybees, including a limit of 6 hives on a lot, not exceeding 20 cubic feet in volume. In addition, hives must be at least 3 feet from any property line, 10 feet from a sidewalk, and 25 feet from a principal building on an abutting lot. In addition, the owner, operator, or tenant of the hive must obtain a permit annually for $10. It is allowed in all zones but manufacturing, office, and exclusively commercial districts. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Domestic Chickens Use Regulations, Article 5.4.12-B of the Durham Unified Development Ordinance
| Jurisdiction Name: | Durham |
| State/Province: | NC |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 228,330 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2009 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, backyard animals, backyard chickens, chickens, food production, urban, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Durham City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Department of City Planning |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The ordinance authorizes and provides standards for keeping domesticated chickens. Ten female chickens are allowed on lots with single-family homes and townhouses and no agricultural permit is required. Chickens, eggs, and manure from permitted chickens should not be sold. In addition, produce on which chicken manure was used as fertilizer or compost may not be sold. Coops are required, and the chickens must have adequate living conditions and regular maintenance and care of the area is required. Manure must be stored securely in a waterproof container and disposed of regularly. The coops shall be at least 15 feet from any property line or public right of way. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Food Production and Urban Gardens Program Established, Law § 48–402
| Jurisdiction Name: | Washington |
| State/Province: | DC |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 601,723 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | law |
| Year: | 1981 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production |
| Keywords: | children, community garden, food access, food infrastructure, food production, school, school garden, school gardens, vacant property |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Council of the District of Columbia |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Mayor's Office of the District of Columbia |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | This law requires the Mayor’s office to keep a comprehensive inventory of vacant lots that can be made available through voluntary donation and community agreement for food production and urban gardens. The law also seeks to make acquiring a vacant lot for a community garden a streamlined process and work with the school district to utilize gardens as educational programs. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Fast Food Restaurants Near Schools in Detroit, Ordinance No.9-98, § 1, 4-1-98, 92.0379B(j)
| Jurisdiction Name: | Detroit |
| State/Province: | MI |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 713,777 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | |
| Year: | 1978 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | children, food access, food retail, obesity, school |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Detroit City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | n/a |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The zoning ordinance of Detroit requires fast food restaurants maintain a minimum distance of 500 feet between the subject site and the nearest point of an elementary, junior high, or senior high school site. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Keeping of Chickens, Ordinance No. 13,605
| Jurisdiction Name: | Madison |
| State/Province: | WI |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 233,209 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2004 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, backyard animals, backyard chickens, chickens, food production, local, local food production, urban, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Madison City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection |
| Support Entity(s): | Zoning Administrator. City of Madison Treasurer |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The City of Madison began allowing chickens as an accessory use on lots with up to four dwelling units. Restrictions include the keeping of roosters and slaughter. The chickens must have a covered enclosure and be kept in the covered enclosure or fenced enclosure. It must be at least 25 feet from any residential structure on an adjacent lot. A license is required, which costs $10. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Trans Fat Ban, Cleveland Health Code § 241.42
| Jurisdiction Name: | Cleveland |
| State/Province: | OH |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 396,815 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | food retail, health, health promoting, healthy choices, healthy eating, healthy food, trans fats |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cleveland City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | The Office of Councilman Joe Cimperman |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The City of Cleveland passed a law that foods containing industrially-produced trans fat are restricted from being stored, distributed, held for service, used in preparation of any menu item or served in any food shop. Foods with trans fats are allowed to be sold in a manufacturer’s original sealed package. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |