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Commission recommends changes to allow urban gardens, limited on-site produce sales in residential zones
Summary
The commission voted 8-0 April 16 to recommend a text amendment to Lincoln Municipal Code to allow individuals to operate urban gardens on residential lots and permit limited on-site sales and home-occupation garden operations.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission voted 8-0 April 16 to recommend a city code change that would expand where residents can grow and sell produce and clarify rules for gardens operated as home occupations.
Text amendment 25-005 updates several sections of the Lincoln Municipal Code, including definitions and use-group rules, to allow a single person to operate an "urban garden" on a vacant, residentially zoned lot and to permit limited on-site sales of produce. The amendment also adjusts home-occupation rules so a garden does not need to be screened and the 20% indoor-use limit does not apply to…
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