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Hartford CT Fresh Food Requirement for Stores
Date Added: Thursday, August 12, 2021Healthy Communities, Food Deserts, Low Nutrition Uses, Equity
Connecticut
Municipal
In Hartford, Connecticut, the zoning code requires twenty percent of the net floor area of any convenience store to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, whole grain cereal, dairy products (excluding ice cream), and canned or dried goods without unhealthy additives. Requiring convenience stores and food trucks to provide more healthy food options helps combat food swamps and deserts. ..
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Town of Warner Fast Food Density Cap
Date Added: Thursday, August 12, 2021Healthy Communities, Low Nutrition Uses, Equity
New Hampshire
Municipal
Town of Warner, NH has an ordinance that requires fast-food and drive-in restaurants to be at least 2,000 feet apart. This caps the density of fast-food restaurants and helps prevent food swamps near important public places. ..
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Arden Hills Minimum Distances Ordinance for Fast Food Restaurants
Date Added: Thursday, August 12, 2021Healthy Communities, Low Nutrition Uses, Equity
Minnesota
Municipal
Arden Hills, Minnesota enacted a minimum distance ordinance. In Arden Hills, “drive-in businesses” and “fast food restaurants” are not permitted within 400 feet of schools, churches, public recreation areas, and residentially zoned property. Fast-food restaurants also must be a minimum of 1,320 feet from one another. This helps prevent food swamps near important public places.
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Zoning Prohibiting Fast-Food Establishments
Date Added: Monday, June 4, 2018Healthy Communities, Low Nutrition Uses
New York
Municipal
This zoning code removes fast-food establishments from the community and improves the public health through reducing consumption of unhealthy foods. Section 4.7.1 of Concord’s zoning code expressly states: “Drive-in or fast food restaurants are expressly prohibited. A drive-in or fast food restaurant is defined as any establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods or beverages in a ready-to-consume state, for consumption within the building or off-premises, and whose principal method of operation includes: (1) sale of foods and bev..
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