L.A. to ease rules on farmers markets

Los Angeles officials voted Thursday to loosen the rules on where farmers markets can operate, opening the door for vegetable vendors to set up shop between apartment complexes or frontyard flower stands in residential neighborhoods.Dakota Smith in the Daily News.

The ordinance approved by the City Planning Commission lifts many of the restrictions on certified farmers markets, allowing them to operate in residential areas. Additionally, farmers markets can now open in commercial areas without public hearings.

Currently markets are only allowed in residential areas if they are located on a parking lot that services a church, school or philanthropic entity. Under the new ordinance, certified farmers markets would be allowed to open in any part of a