promoting the use of underutilized or vacant City of Windsor property for the use of community gardens.

• And finally, the City’s current Official Plan supports the development of community Gardens through Healthy Community (Section 4), Environment (Section 5) and Land Use (section 6) policies.

4. DEFINITIONS:

The definitions of terms used in this policy are:

• Community Garden: Lands used for the growing of fruits, vegetables or flowers collectively by a group of people for non-commercial purposes. It may consist of a single or common plot of land or it may be subdivided into individual plots of land.

• City: defined as The Corporation of the City of Windsor, or its representatives.

• Community Garden Committee: A City staff committee consisting of City of Windsor administrative staff from Pollution Control (Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Office), Planning, Parks, Risk Management and Real Estate Services who oversee the Community Garden Application process.

• Parks: The City of Windsor Parks, Recreation & Culture and Facilities department.

• Properties: A parcel of land.

• Site: A specific location within a parcel of land where a community garden will be located.

5. RESPONSIBILITY

• 5.1 Community Garden Committee

  • Review Community Garden Applications.

  • Consist of representatives from Parks, Planning, Risk Management, Real Estate Services as well as the Environment and Sustainability Coordinator.

• 5.2 Environment and Sustainability Coordinator

  • Be the primary contact both internally for the Community Garden Committee and for the community.

  • Aid community groups in filling out applications.

  • Accept applications and review them with the Community Garden Committee.

  • In consultation with the Parks department, define and review community garden design guidelines.

  • In consultation with the Parks department, work with the applicant to finalize site plan.

  • Complete and document semi-annual inspections of all Community Gardens on municipal property.

  • Provide potential updates to the policy as well as keep track of outstanding applications.

  • Bring any licensing agreements forward for Council approval.