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Pastor asks Lake City to allow water access for neighborhood garden; staff recommends hydrant meter
Summary
Mount Pisgah AME Church requested permission to use a water line or a fire‑hydrant meter to water a community garden on a vacant lot. City staff explained ordinance requires an occupied structure for a permanent meter, cited backflow and contamination concerns, and recommended a refundable hydrant meter deposit of $1,500 as the quickest solution.
A pastor who runs a free community garden asked the Lake City City Council on May 19 to allow the church to access a water line on an adjacent vacant lot or to allow a water meter on a nearby fire hydrant so the garden can be watered without running hoses across the street.
Pastor John Ingram told the council the garden—named for local educator Corinne Lofton—provides produce to roughly 100 families in the neighborhood and the church had been transporting water in 15‑gallon containers. He asked either permission to attach to a water meter on the vacant lot the church…
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