Cleveland, OH Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

02. Division (a) permits a wide menu of accessory structures for a farm use, sheds, greenhouses, coops, cages, beehives, hoophouses, cold frames, barns, rain barrels and composting bins, capped at fifteen feet in height. Fences serving an agricultural use follow the residential fence rules with two carve-outs in division (b): a fence in a required front or side-street yard cannot exceed four feet and must be ornamental or dark chain link, while a fence set back behind that yard can rise to six feet. 23(a): agricultural accessory structures other than fences and farm stands cannot sit in a required front or side-street yard and must stay at least eighteen inches off an interior side or rear lot line.

and dusk, and only if the agricultural use occupies the whole lot, 75% of it, or at least 4,000 square feet. Farm stands in a required front yard of a One- or Two-Family District must be removed or stored indoors in the off-season, cannot exceed 200 square feet or 2% of the lot, and must sit back at least eighteen inches from every lot line. Food sales require Cleveland Department of Public Health licensing where the Codified Ordinances otherwise require it.