1. Jun 2, 2026

   City Council

   meeting page

   Referred · Read and referred

2. Jun 23, 2026

   City Council

   meeting page

   Passed · Passed Finally8–0, 1 absent

   • Anthony CoghillY
   • Barbara WarwickY
   • Bobby WilsonY
   • Deborah L. GrossY
   • Erika StrassburgerY
   • Khari MosleyY
   • R. Daniel LavelleY
   • Robert CharlandY
   • Kim Salinetro—

..title
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by adding a new Chapter 456: City Farms Garden Program, to authorize the Department of Parks and Recreation to establish a Garden Program, which permits urban agricultural activities on permanently City-owned property, all under certain terms and conditions. 

..body
The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

� 456 City Farms Garden Program

� 456.01 Definitions.
For purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) GARDEN PROJECT means an authorized garden permitted pursuant to this Chapter and the Program Toolkit on permanently City-owned property.

(b) GARDEN STEWARD means an individual, business, or community-based group responsible for maintaining and operating a specific, designated area of permanently City-owned property.

(c) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT means an individual granted a license by the City or a lessee under a Lease to perform gardening activities authorized under the City Farms Garden Program on the lessee's leased area of permanently City-owned property.

(d) URBAN AGRICULTURE LICENSE means an annual, nonexclusive garden license agreement granted by the City to use a small plot of permanently City-owned property for a garden by an individual. The duration of each license, including any permitted renewal, must be less than one (1) year. Current licensees may have the option to renew the license, subject to compliance with the terms therein. At all times, the license must be revocable by the City at its convenience, without cause, by providing thirty (30) days prior written notice.

(e) URBAN AGRICULTURE LEASE means a one-year agreement granted by the City to steward a specific, designated area of City-owned property for urban agriculture.  Following the successful completion of the first term, then the current Garden Steward will have the option to renew the Urban Agriculture Lease for a one- to five-year term. Limited commercial off-site vending of unprocessed edibles or flowers grown on site would be permitted up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) annually, subject to all applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations involved with the use of City property and/or the sale of food to the public, including, but not limited to, City vending requirements, Allegheny County Health Department regulations, federal and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania food and accessibility laws, 

[… 3,813 more characters in the original]

• 2026-0532Pittsburgh will apply for a $250,000 grant to help fund the Manchester Park Rehabilitation Project, with a local match of $37,500. The project aims to rehabilitate Manchester Park. The total project cost is $287,500.
• 2026-0566Pittsburgh will let the Department of City Planning create a Greenways Program that allows community groups and individuals to steward city greenways and run urban‑agriculture projects under short‑term agreements.
• 2026-0567Pittsburgh updated its park rules to explicitly ban digging, removing soil, rocks, plants, or wood, and foraging or collecting seeds without a city-approved urban agriculture lease or written permission. The rules apply across all city parks, excepting permitted City-approved orchards and urban agricultural spaces.
• 2026-0745Pittsburgh will pay $73,050 to Musco Sports Lighting for a software package to digitally control lighting across all city ballfields and parks. The City Council unanimously approved the payment on August 3, 2026.