November 4, 2011 Notice

Notice of Two Week Review and Comment Period Draft Regulatory and General Plan Amendments for Urban Agriculture

The City of San Diego is in the process of developing regulations that assist in increasing access to local healthy foods. The proposed Urban Agriculture Amendments address changes to the keeping of chickens, goats and bees; reducing the approval process for farmers markets on private property; creating two new uses: farmers market stands and retail farms; and minor changes to the recently adopted community garden regulations. - Proposed changes

The City is also proposing amendments to the General Plan to provide policy support and guidance for urban agriculture. The proposed General Plan amendments include policies to increase the availability of, and access to healthy, local, sustainable food, and describe how urban agriculture contributes to environmental, economic, and public health goals. The draft General Plan Amendments are available at the City of San Diego website.

There is a two week review and comment period beginning on November 4, 2011 and ending November 18, 2011. If you are interested in commenting on the draft amendments please e-mail your comments to dsdldc@sandiego.gov and type URBAN in the subject line. Please feel free to forward this to others who may be interested in commenting.

Urban Agriculture Proposal

Bees, Goats, and Chickens

Urban Agriculture proposal referred by the City Council’s Land Use & Housing (LU&H) committee to the Community Planners Committee (CPC) for review and recommendation. The proposal sets parameters for the keeping of chickens, goats, and bees inside the city limits.

Potential action item for the November 9, 2011 KTPG meeting: To develop and adopt a position by the KTPG on the proposal before the CPC and LU&H.

Material provided to the KTPG includes the following:

The KTPG did approve a motion on this topic at the November 9, 2011 KTPG meeting.