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Ordinance No. 16-97 amending Section 1503 (Home Occupation Permit Standards and Criteria) of Part 15 (Home Occupations) of Article 5 (Administration and Procedures) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, relating to the production and sales of plants, fruits, vegetables and cottage foods.
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning & Community Development
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Summary:
The proposed ordinance is sponsored by the Colorado Springs Food Advisory Board. The proposed ordinance aims to amend the home occupation standards of City Code as outlined in City Code Section 7.5.1503 to allow limited road-side sales and residential cultivation of fruits, vegetables and cottage foods as a home occupation.
Previous Council Action:
The ordinance had its first reading at the September 27, 2016 Council meeting with an approval vote of 7:1:1 (Councilmember Collins voted against the ordinance and Councilmember Murray was absent). Second reading is scheduled for the October 11, 2016 Council meeting.
Background:
For full staff analysis, please see the attached Planning Commission staff report.
Cottage foods are regulated by Colorado Revised Statute ? 25-4-1614, originally adopted in 2012 and amended with State Bill 16-58 effective May 4, 2016. That bill highlighted the importance of homemade foods and urban farming. Since its original adoption in 2012, there have been several Colorado communities, including Denver, that have expanded their zoning codes to clearly define allowances for home occupations to allow the production and sale of cottage foods and uncut, raw fruits and vegetables.
The specific foods allowed per the Cottage Foods Act are outlined per State Statute ? 25-4-1614 and include:
"A limited range of foods that have been produced, processed, or packaged that are non-potentially hazardous and do not require refrigeration. These foods include pickled fruits and vege...
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