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Planning commission weighs greenhouse rules and review process for community gardens
Summary
Commissioners discussed whether community gardens and associated greenhouses should be allowed citywide, what review process should apply and whether greenhouses should be removed if the garden ceases, and asked staff to return with clearer definitions and procedures.
Planning staff told the Twentynine Palms Planning Commission that the development code is silent or unclear about community gardens and whether structures such as greenhouses should be permitted and, if so, under what review process.
Staff noted that general building-code rules typically exempt small accessory structures under 120 square feet from a building permit, but larger greenhouses (for example, a 1,300-square-foot structure mentioned in…
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