Section 10-14.1 establishes standards for community and market gardens. Allows produce to be grown for personal or group use, consumption, donation or off-site sales, but does not allow on-site sales. Also does not allow raising of livestock on land except for fowl in some circumstances. Additionally, section 10-15 establishes that licensing fees are waived for farmers or market gardeners selling from house to house.
Law refers to waste and compost containers be maintained so as to not attract insects, vermins, and animals or create a nuisance. § 10-14.1 (e)(10).
Law refers to promoting "sustainable" food production, and also requires garden site to "be designed and maintained so that water, chemicals or waste will not drain onto adjacent property, and measures are taken to control soil erosion." §§ 10-14.1 (a) and (e)(6).
See reference to "affordable local food production for local consumption." § 10-14.1 (a).
"The primary purpose of community and market gardens is to promote sustainable and affordable local food production for local consumption." § 10-14.1(a).
"Community garden" is defined in section 10-14.1(d).
Sections 10-14.1 and 10-15 are located in Chapter 10, "Food and Drugs," Article I, "In General." History for sec. 10-14.1: Ord. No. 43-2016, § 1, 4-7-16 ; and Ord. No. 56-2017 , § 2, 4-27-17. History for section 10-15: not specified.