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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by adding a new Chapter 456: City Farms Garden Program, to authorize the Department of Parks and Recreation to establish a Garden Program, which permits urban agricultural activities on permanently City-owned property, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
? 456 City Farms Garden Program
? 456.01 Definitions.
For purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) GARDEN PROJECT means an authorized garden permitted pursuant to this Chapter and the Program Toolkit on permanently City-owned property.
(b) GARDEN STEWARD means an individual, business, or community-based group responsible for maintaining and operating a specific, designated area of permanently City-owned property.
(c) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT means an individual granted a license by the City or a lessee under a Lease to perform gardening activities authorized under the City Farms Garden Program on the lessee's leased area of permanently City-owned property.
(d) URBAN AGRICULTURE LICENSE means an annual, nonexclusive garden license agreement granted by the City to use a small plot of permanently City-owned property for a garden by an individual. The duration of each license, including any permitted renewal, must be less than one (1) year. Current licensees may have the option to renew the license, subject to compliance with the terms therein. At all times, the license must be revocable by the City at its convenience, without cause, by providing thirty (30) days prior written notice.
(e) URBAN AGRICULTURE LEASE means a one-year agreement granted by the City to steward a specific, designated area of City-owned property for urban agriculture. Following the successful completion of the first term, then the current Garden Steward will have the option to renew the Urban Agriculture Lease for a...
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