Board approves 1-year special-use for community garden at 1105 N. Fourth Ave., sets parking requirement to zero

The Board of Zoning Appeals on Feb. 20 approved a one-year special use for a community garden at 1105 North Fourth Avenue, authorizing the Edible Park Development Collective to operate the site as a charitable garden and setting the minimum number of required parking spaces for the use at zero. The motion carried 6-0.

Board members said the temporary approval gives neighbors and staff a chance to check the site’s condition after complaints about appearance and a damaged greenhouse. Chad Frasier, who identified himself as the applicant, told the board the garden has existed for about a decade and is planted largely with perennial edible plants rather than row crops. "We give it away or we, like, introduce people in the neighborhood, largely children to the plants," Frasier…