POLICY DATABASE
Policy Summary

Defines and provides regulations for home and community gardens, and Community Supported Agriculture. Community Supported Agriculture activities require a permit; home gardens are permitted as an accessory use (and occasional on-site sales or donations of whole, uncut fresh produce grown on-site are allowed and not subject to commercial business regulations) and community gardens are permitted as a primary or accessory use (and on-site sales of whole, uncut produce may be allowed).

Background Information

State Missouri
Jurisdiction Name Kansas City
Jurisdiction Type City,
Population Size 200,000-800,000
Legal Strategies
  • Expressly allows something
  • Requires something, sets standards
Reach Community-wide
Food System Category Grow; Get;
Evidence for Health

This policy may correspond to diet-related strategies identified by the County Health Rankings’ What Works for Health tool, including:

For research on the potential effectiveness, please review the category links above.

We understand that this information is not comprehensive. It also does not include other important forms of evidence such as community members’ lived experiences and practice-based evidence.

Policy Details

Refers to priority populations?
No

Health-related goal?
Yes

Protecting and promoting the public health, safety and general welfare (88-10-05-A); promoting development patterns and practices that support active living and uses that support improved public health (88-10-05-L)

Environmental goal?
Yes

Promoting natural resource conservation, and environmentally responsible and sustainable development practices (88-10-05-K)

Economic goal?
Yes

Maintaining economically vibrant and visually attractive business and commercial areas (88-10-05-E); retaining and expanding the city's industrial and employment base (88-10-05-F)

Includes findings?
No

Has a stated intent or purpose?
Yes

The zoning and development code is adopted for several purposes including protecting and promoting the public health, safety and general welfare; maintaining economically vibrant and visually attractive business and commercial areas; promoting development patterns and practices that support active living and uses that support improved public health; promoting natural resource conservation, and environmentally responsible and sustainable development practices, etc. 88-10-05

Includes definitions?
Yes

Sections 88-312-02-A, 88-312-02-B and 88-312-02-C

Addresses implementation?
Yes

See Section 88-500 (review and approval procedures) and 88-600 (administration and enforcement)

Enforcement provisions?
Yes

All remedies available at law, including injunction, abatement, withholding of permit; stop work; remedial action, and monetary fines. See Section 88-615-05.

Evaluation component?
No

Requires extra investment?
No

Code context and ordinance history

Zoning and Development Code, 300 series, Use Regulations; 88-312 - Agriculture; § 88-312-02 Urban Agriculture. History: Ord. No. 150603, § 1, 7-23-2015.

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