| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, backyard chickens, chickens, community garden, farm, farmers market, food production, food sales, land use, land use code, production, rooftop, rooftop garden, urban, urban agriculture, urban farm, zoning, zoning ordinance |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Department of Planning and Development |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | ordinance amended the city’s land use code to expand opportunities for urban agriculture (Sections 23.40.002, 23.42.052, 23.43.006, 23.43.040, 23.44.006, 23.44.040, 23.45.504, 23.45.506, 23.45.508, 23.45.514, 23.45.545, 23.47A.004, 23.47A.011, 23.47A.012, 23.48.010, 23.49.008, 23.50.012, 23.50.020, 23.54.015, 23.84A.002, 23.84A.014, and 23.84A.036; adding new sections to Chapters 23.42 and 23.44; and amending the title of subchapter II of Chapter 23.44); code changes provide increased opportunities to grow and sell food in all zones; code changes allow “urban farms” and “community gardens” in all zones, with some limitations in industrial zones; allow residents to sell food grown on their property; formally recognize farmer’s markets and allow them in more Seattle areas; allow dedicated food production on rooftop greenhouses with a 15-foot exemption to height limits in a variety of higher density zones |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
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Rainer Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands, Ordinance No. 123560
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community, farm, food production, green infrastructure, infrastructure, levy, organic, park and green spaces levy, production, urban, urban agriculture, urban farm |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Parks and Recreation, Department of Neighborhoods, Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands, Seattle Tilth, Berger Partnership |
| Support Entity(s): | Seattle Parks Foundation |
| Funding Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Funding Sources: | Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund - $500,000; Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund - $50,000 |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Parks and Green Spaces Levy |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Seattle Food Action Plan, Resolution No. 31441
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | access, affordable, agricultural land, composting, culturally appropriate, farmland, food access, food affordability, food production, food retail, food system, food waste, healthy, healthy food, local, local food, production, retail, retailer, strategies, sustainability, sustainable, waste |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Office of Sustainability and Environment, Seattle Food Interdepartmental Team |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not applicable |
| Funding Sources: | not applicable |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Food Action Plan is an outcome of the Local Food Action Initiative; plan outlines goals for achieving a healthy food system; plan includes specific strategies to achieve higher-level goals of the Local Food Action Initiative; nearly all of the City’s food initiatives originate from this plan. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Regional Transfer of Development Rights, Ordinance No. 124285
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | TDR, agricultural land, agriculture, farmland, farmland protection, interlocal agreement, landscape conservation and local infrastructure conservation program, program, region, regional, rural, rural agriculture, transfer of development rights, urban, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council, Metropolitan King County Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Planning and Development, Central Budget Office, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Department of Transportation |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | see http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/fnote/117832.pdf |
| Funding Sources: | see http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/fnote/117832.pdf |
| Policy Outcome(s): | An agreement between the City of Seattle and King County authorized incorporated areas to receive development rights transferred from rural and resource unincorporated areas; the agreement will protect up to 25,000 acres of farm and forest land by transferring development rights into the City of Seattle; program steers development growth away from rural and resource lands into King County |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
City of Seattle Comprehensive Plan
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, affordability, affordable, community garden, comprehensive plan, food access, food affordability, food production, food system, healthy, healthy food, low-income, production |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Seattle Department of Planning & Development |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not applicable |
| Funding Sources: | not applicable |
| Policy Outcome(s): | food systems concepts are represented in Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan (see Human Development Element Goal HDG3.5); plan provides an enabling framework for food systems policies and programs; most recent amendment to plan approved in 2014 |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |