Town of Morinville Municipal Development Plan
| Topic | Subtopic | Policy or Policy Excerpt | Document Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| food production; urban agriculture |
Morinville shall support lawn alternatives. |
10.2 | |
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Urban Agriculture; Food production; |
community gardens/orchards; zoning |
Morinville shall encourage and support appropriate urban agricultural practices, including community gardens, in all land use districts. | 10.4 |
| food production; urban agriculture |
Urban Agriculture: Morinville shall support urban agricultural practices. |
10.18 | |
| food production; urban agriculture; |
urban gardens/orchard; | urban gardens/orchard | 10.19 |
| food production; urban agriculture; |
Morinville shall encourage and support landowners of vacant, idle parcels of land to offer temporary use of their land for urban agricultural purposes by interested third parties. |
10.21 | |
| food production; urban agriculture; |
livestock; beekeeping/apiculture urban chickens; pollinators; |
Morinville shall investigate the feasibility of regulating limited urban animal husbandry as it pertains to food security and the keeping of backyard chickens, meat rabbits, bees and the like. | 10.22 |
| policy partnerships, advocacy and development; |
Morinville shall support the collaborative development of a Regional Agricultural Master Plan with the Capital Region Board and in partnership with its member municipalities for the identification of prime agricultural lands. |
13.3 | |
| food production; |
Morinville shall support the continuation of existing agricultural uses within Morinville on lands that are designated, planned or unplanned, yet undeveloped until such time as they become developed and agricultural practises on the land are no longer feasible. |
13.4 | |
| economic development; Food processing, storage and distribution; urban-agricultural conflict and edge planning; |
food processing; food storage; food distribution; |
Morinville shall support the continued operation and diversification of agricultural businesses and value-added agricultural production, processing, distribution, and marketing and supportive infrastructure for the agricultural sector in the urban-rural/intermunicipal fringe area. |
13.15 |
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food production; urban agriculture conflict and edge planning; |
livestock; |
Notwithstanding Policy 13.15, Morinville shall not support the creation or expansion of Confined |
13.16 |
Municipality:
Town of Morinville
Level of Government:
Municipal
Topic(s):
Sub-topic(s):
Policy URL:
http://www.morinville.ca/mdp
Policy File:
Province:
Alberta
Year:
2012 & 2013 (consolidated 2017)
Supplementary Information:
No
Population Range:
4,000-9,999