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Public and Private Policies

Public and Private Policies. Mary Bianchi mlbianchi@ucdavis.edu Loren Oki lroki@ucdavis.edu. Your Local Community. Local Regulations or Policies Land Use Food Safety Water Use. Are your edible gardens restricted by Covenants Codes and Restrictions (CCRs)?. Yes No I am not sure.

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Public and Private Policies

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  1. Public and Private Policies Mary Bianchi mlbianchi@ucdavis.edu Loren Oki lroki@ucdavis.edu

  2. Your Local Community • Local Regulations or Policies • Land Use • Food Safety • Water Use

  3. Are your edible gardens restricted by Covenants Codes andRestrictions (CCRs)? • Yes • No • I am not sure

  4. Land Use • Private policies/restrictions • Home Owner Association • Restrictive Covenants • Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions (CCR) • Fort Bend Texas – “no vegetable gardens shall be permitted except in fully screened areas in the backyard only so as not to be visible from the street or objectionable to an adjacent property” • Maintenance and aesthetics are key! (?) • AB 1061, Lieu 2009 • This act provides that the architectural guidelines of a common interest development shall not prohibit or include conditions that have the effect of prohibiting the use of low water-using plants as a group.

  5. Land Use • Public and private policies may differentiate based on edible versus ornamental landscapes • e.g. Sacramento City ordinance required turf or low growing groundcover in front yards • Section 17.68.010 of Title 17 Sacramento City Code (April 3, 2007) • “…the remaining unpaved portion of the setback areas shall be landscaped, irrigated, and maintained.” • “The landscape may include grass, annuals, perennials, ground cover, shrubs, trees… “

  6. Land Use • Public policies or restrictions • Focus on community gardens • Edible landscape policies might relate to • Setbacks • Height of vegetation in front and back yards • Maintenance • Restrictions on restrictive covenants • May require specific plant materials (trees) for new development

  7. Food Safety Policy • Donating produce (e.g., to food banks) • Organization or Institution policy • Check with target organization • Clean containers, sound product with minimum 3-day shelf life (typical) • Government policy • May be local guidance • Department of Environmental Health • Non-food safety policy may apply to preventing spread of pests (e.g., Light Brown Apple Moth, Asian Citrus Psyllid) • Donations may be restricted to county in which product was grown and may need to be defect free (caterpillar damage)

  8. If I am not sure how a policy applies to edible landscapes or food harvested from these landscapes, I should: • Eat the food • Don’t eat the food • Ask a UC Master Gardener • Ask a UC CE Advisor • Seek information from an appropriate agency

  9. Water Use • Policies related to water use may address: • Budget • Allocation and Pricing • Water Capture and Conservation • Rainwater collection systems • Greywater systems • Local jurisdictions must have landscape water conservation ordinance • Must adopt: • Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, OR • Equally effective ordinance

  10. MWELO • Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) • Requires a permit for new or rehabilitated landscapes larger than • 5,000 sq.ft. for homeowner-installed projects • 2,500 sq.ft. for developer-installed projects • Permit requires calculating an estimation of annual landscape water use

  11. “SLA” is short for(Choose BEST Answer) • Special Libraries Association • Symbionese Liberation Army • Science Leadership Academy • Special Landscape Area • Singapore Land Authority

  12. MWELO • The estimated landscape water use must be less than or equal to 0.7 times ETo (reference ET). • Areas of edible plants are classified as “Special Landscape Areas (SLAs)” • SLAs are assigned an ETAF (ET Adjustment Factor) of 1.0

  13. MWELO • Local ordinances may differ considerably from MWELO • MAWA= Maximum Applied Water Allowance (gallons/year) • Water budgets may not exceed MAWA • Budgets calculated using plant water use information in WUCOLS SLAs allowed 1.0 ETo

  14. MWELO • Budgets calculated using plant water use information in WUCOLS or other accepted reference • Department of Water Resources website • http://www.water.ca.gov/ • http://www.water.ca.gov/wateruseefficiency/docs/wucols00.pdf • Local ordinances may vary considerably

  15. MWELO • Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) • Local Ordinances in place of MWELO

  16. I can find more information about landscape water use policies from: • Department of Water Resources • My water provider • County CE office • California Center for Urban Horticulture • All of the above

  17. Thank you!Any Questions?Mary Bianchimlbianchi@ucdavis.eduLoren Okilroki@ucdavis.edu

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