| 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 |
