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Board approves sewer, electric and hens for Newtown community garden with building-code conditions
Summary
The Montgomery City Board of Adjustment approved a request from Help A Brother Out Foundation to allow temporary storage structures, on-site hens and utility service at a Newtown community garden provided the group builds a code-compliant restroom and meets coop requirements.
The Montgomery City Board of Adjustment approved a request from Help A Brother Out Foundation on a motion that included conditions requiring any restroom to be built to meet city building codes and accessibility requirements.
Help A Brother Out founder and representative Sam Yu told the board the nonprofit runs a community garden and monthly mobile food pantries that feed “anywhere from 600 to 800 people every month” and provides gardening and cooking education for neighborhood children. He requested permission to keep multiple storage sheds without a main dwelling, to allow hens (but no roosters), and to connect sewer and electrical service so one shed could be converted to a permanent restroom.
The board said it supported…
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