HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC-JM Urban Ag Planning Board June 9 memoMEMO
TO: Bozeman Planning Board
FROM: Cathy Costakis & Jen Madgic
RE: Growth Policy Amendments, Urban Agriculture
DATE: June 8, 2020
Please consider the following text amendments to the Growth Policy:
Theme 1 A City of Neighborhoods
The idea is to promote walking or short commutes to things in life we value and depend
on including jobs, schools, places of worship, friends, goods and services, open spaces, trails,
appropriately scaled urban agriculture such as community gardens, and more.
Consider adding an objective under Goal N-2:
N-2.5 Ensure that new development includes opportunities for urban agriculture,
including rooftop and home gardens, community gardens, and urban farms, where
appropriate.
Theme 2 A City Bolstered by Downtown and Complementary Districts
Innovative design and planning include ideas like pocket neighborhoods, smaller housing, green
alleys, community gardens urban agricultural, and creativity in our public spaces.
DCD-2.10 Collaborate with Montana State University School of Architecture and the Sustainable
Foods and Bioenergy Systems department to develop educational materials and opportunities
for local architects, community planners and citizens on how to do quality urban design for infill
and greenfield sites.
Theme 3
Consider adding “urban farms” to EPO-1.3:
EPO-1.3 Inclusion of community gardens and urban farms as part of open spaces outside
of watercourses and wetlands in subdivisions is encouraged. where there are good soils.
Theme 5
EE-2.3 Adopt zoning regulations that establish and define the range of urban agricultural
practices, including vertical farms and other forms of urban farming, as a permitted or
conditional use in appropriate locations. Urban agriculture can be compatible with a
variety of land use designations shown on the Future Land Use Map.
Definitions
Urban Agriculture- The practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around
urban areas. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry,
urban beekeeping and horticulture.
For planning and regulatory ideas on urban agriculture: American Planning Association -
https://www.planning.org/knowledgebase/urbanagriculture/