Somerville, MA, Zoning Ordinances

Updated December 2019

By: Somerville City Plng Dept

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Food Systems | Urban Agriculture

The city’s zoning code addresses urban agriculture. It provides definitions for a number of urban agriculture–related terms, including urban agriculture, arbor, aquaponics, cold frame, farm, farmstand, gardens, greenhouse, hens, honeybee, hoop house, and hydroponic (§2.2). The code establishes yard and roof farms, home and yard gardens, and hen and honeybee keeping as accessory residential uses permitted by right in some districts (Chapter 7 and Chapter 9). 


Somerville, MA

2010 Population: 75,754

2010 Population Density: 18,404.76/square mile