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Zoning Bulletin July 25, 2011 1 Volume 5 1 No, 14 <br />Here, the Right to Farm Act provisions restricting local government <br />from adopting ordinances restricting farming activities became effec- <br />tive June 16, 2000. The County's ULDC was enacted in 1989. The rel- <br />evant ULDC provisions existed within the ULDC prior to June 2000. <br />Accordingly, the court determined that the County could enforce those <br />ULDC provisions —despite the fact that they restricted farming activi- <br />ties —because they pre-existed the Right to Farm Act. <br />The court also rejected Wilson's second argument —that the County <br />lacked the authority to enforce provisions of its ULDC on farming activi- <br />ties because such farming activities were not "development". Instead, the <br />court agreed with the County. It held that even if the farming activities <br />were not "development" as defined under Florida's Local Government <br />Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, the <br />County had authority to regulate those activities based upon constitution- <br />al home -rule powers and general authority granted to local governments. <br />See also: J-II Investments, Inc. v. Leon County, 908 So. 2d 1140 (Fla. <br />Dist. Ct. App. 1st Dist. 2005).. <br />Case Note: One of the ULDC provisions that the County had <br />sought to enforce against Plant Explorers was adopted after the <br />enactment of the Right to Farm Act. The court found it had no <br />way of knowing how those requirements would 'impact the Plant <br />Explorers' wholesale nursery operations. Accordingly, the court <br />concluded that a genuine issue of material fact precluded summary <br />judgment on whether the permit restrictions violated the Act. The <br />issue was remanded for further analysis. <br />Zoning News from Around the Nation <br />CALIFORNIA <br />Glendora's city council recently approved two locations within the <br />city "to be zoned for emergency shelters and housing for the area's <br />homeless." "[T]he new zoning codes will allow for year-round tran- <br />sitional housing and permanent supportive housing for homeless and <br />formerly homeless individuals." <br />Source: Glendora Patch; httb://glendora.tiatch.com <br />NEW YORK <br />Recently, "[t]he state Senate unanimously passed the Adirondack <br />Community Housing Bill 62-0." This follows the bills unanimous <br />passage in the state assembly. "If signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the <br />legislation will allow clustered development on private lands that had <br />© 2011 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />