Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/07/2011

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��ir g_B_ulletin Ma-y-25,-2011-i_Volume 5-j-No. 1-11 San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee recently signed legislation that al- lows "urban agriculture" throughout the city. Previously, old zon- ing laws prohibited the selling of homegrown produce without a permit and a Planning Commission hearing. The new ordinance now "allows for the sale, pick-up and donation of fresh food and horticultural products grown on -site throughout the city. It also al- lows for the sale of `value-added products' like jams, pickles or pies where the primary ingredients- are grown and produced on -site in all areas except those zoned exclusively for residential uses." Source: San Francisco Chronicle; www.sffate.com FLORIDA The state house is considering a bill, HB 7195, that would, among other things, prohibit cities and counties from imposing zoning and building restrictions only on charter schools. Source: Miami Herald; www.miamiherald.com The state house recently passed a bill that "gives teeth to an exist- ing law that prohibits local governments to pass firearm regulations." The bill allows "those `harmed' by local gun regulations [to] sue local governments and receive up to $100,000." "The bill has implications for dozens of firearms discharge ordinances in communities across the state." The bill still awaits consideration by the state senate. Source: Pensacola News Journal; wwwtmi.com HAWAII Pending in the state legislature is a bill, HB 44, which aims to suppress prostitution by instituting a penalty of a year in jail for so- licitations within 750 feet of a school or park. Source: Honolulu Civil Beat; www.civilbeat.com MINNESOTA The state legislature is considering bills (Senate File 270 and House File 389) that would provide that: "counties, cities, and towns may only adopt interim zoning maps or ordinances, com- monly called moratoria, after public notice and a hearing and a two-thirds vote of the governing body." The bills would also pre- vent interim ordinances from delaying, impeding, or interfering with uses, developments, or subdivisions for which a complete ap- plication is pending before the governing body. It also would set pa- © 2011 Thomson Reuters 11