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Should you have to have a permit to grow your own garden at your residence?

Should you have to have a permit to grow your own garden at your residence?

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Luna Tick

Luna Tick

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A neighbor of a friend of mine proposed this to her city council. She wanted people to have to get a permit to grow a garden in their own yard. In order to get the permit, your immediate neighbors would have to sign off on it.
 
Luna Tick said:
A neighbor of a friend of mine proposed this to her city council. She wanted people to have to get a permit to grow a garden in their own yard. In order to get the permit, your immediate neighbors would have to sign off on it.
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Is this in the front yard? Or do they mean in any part of the property?
 
No you shouldn't have to get a permit, I wish more people had gardens.
 
No, unless you've signed onto a HOA that restricts this its your property.

I take issue with a great many zoning laws.
 
absolutely not. if my neighbors want to control my back yard, they can pay rent.

luckily, my neighbors aren't jerks. sometimes I give them tomatoes.
 
Within reason, I would suggest that the answer is "No". However, I have seen situations where individuals or families have expanded simple home gardens into sizeable plots of agricultural land either for personal use or for commercial enterprise. So long as it is not an eyesore to the neighborhood, you're not using it for a commercial venture, and/or you are not requiring agricultural vehicles to tend the garden I would suggest that a permit should not be required. As soon as any of those other conditions are met, I would suggest that some sort of licensing or oversight should be involved.
 
Luna Tick said:
The front yard or the back yard. Either one.
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Then the lady can piss off. What a bitch. I am doing a big garden this year. Zucchini, green beans, Tomatoes the works. County can kiss my ass.
 
No, you shouldn't have to get a permit to have a garden at home. The only reason I would think it valid for the city/county/township/whatever government to step in is if you're somehow making a nuisance of yourself with it.
 
Luna Tick said:
A neighbor of a friend of mine proposed this to her city council. She wanted people to have to get a permit to grow a garden in their own yard. In order to get the permit, your immediate neighbors would have to sign off on it.
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I'm very much a "no" on face value but I am curious as to why they think this is necessary or desirable. Do you know?

I do think you should require some kind of permit to remove a garden though. There is something of an issue in some UK towns and cities with a trend of paving over front gardens to provide off-street parking. A major problem with that is it removes a lot of natural drainage and increases the flooding in heavy rain.
 
She is probably pissed her neighbor won't share their tomatoes :)
 
That is just plain nonsense. What possible basis is there to stop someone from growing a plant? Ok, if your neighbor is gone and put organic fertilizer all over the yard, that might be something to raise a stink about, but other than that, how can someone be offended by a garden? Is she a vegetable seller?
 
0bserver92 said:
No you shouldn't have to get a permit, I wish more people had gardens.
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Iwish more people had cojones - then the politically correct dildos would not be foisting such crap on their communities.
 
Luna Tick said:
A neighbor of a friend of mine proposed this to her city council. She wanted people to have to get a permit to grow a garden in their own yard. In order to get the permit, your immediate neighbors would have to sign off on it.
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That's bulls**t!! What does she gain from giving government more power? Thats just one example of people allowing vast government overreach thats taking over this country. "lightning, you now need to request permission from your local government in order to piss on your own property and plant tomatoes". This is the world my children will live in.
 
cannuck said:
Iwish more people had cojones - then the politically correct dildos would not be foisting such crap on their communities.
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What does this have to do with political correctness in any way. I didn't know this was about offending gardens.
 
Lightning said:
That's bulls**t!! Thats jsut one example of vast government overreach thats taking over this country. "lightning, you now need to request permission from your local government in order to piss on your own property and plant tomatoes". This is the world my children will live in.
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You could just take it up with your local municipality it isn't exactly sweeping across the country and it's just a proposal.
 
0bserver92 said:
You could just take it up with your local municipality it isn't exactly sweeping across the country and it's just a proposal.
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So i'm assuming you believe that the attempt in NYC to ban large sodas is not exactly a sweeping issue but just their problem, which will not spillover in anyway to other municipalities?
 
Lightning said:
So i'm assuming you believe that the attempt in NYC to ban large sodas is not exactly a sweeping issue but just their problem, which will not spillover in anyway to other municipalities?
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So far yes it seems so every municipality has stuff that doesn't really make sense. If it happened in a small town no one would care. NYC city has soda bans and small towns have incredibly stupid building codes and permits.
 
0bserver92 said:
What does this have to do with political correctness in any way. I didn't know this was about offending gardens.
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It is about offending people's personal rights and freedoms - which is exactly the MO of the PCLL (politically correct looney left, in case you weren't aware). It has become so bad that even the RRR (self Righteous Religious Right) has started to play as well.

We could save a few thousand forests of trees if we would stop printing laws to restrict what I say, what I do, what I grow, etc. Government needs to return to governing, not interefering - unless public safety is at risk.
 
cannuck said:
It is about offending people's personal rights and freedoms - which is exactly the MO of the PCLL (politically correct looney left, in case you weren't aware). It has become so bad that even the RRR (self Righteous Religious Right) has started to play as well.

We could save a few thousand forests of trees if we would stop printing laws to restrict what I say, what I do, what I grow, etc. Government needs to return to governing, not interefering - unless public safety is at risk.
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You generally agree to whatever bylaws a town may have by living there if, if they bother you that much don't live there. Though municipalities do have a way of creating incredibly arbitrary and stupid bylaws especially in building codes.
 
There are neighborhoods where they ban hanging out your laundry. These are usually upper crust left wing hoods in California that demand we use less fossil fuel but then freak when people dry laundry with the sun instead of an electric or gas dryer. They also ban pickup trucks unless its your gardener and this garden hater lady probably is in this category, gardens look so rural "dahling". :lol:
 
Luna Tick said:
A neighbor of a friend of mine proposed this to her city council. She wanted people to have to get a permit to grow a garden in their own yard. In order to get the permit, your immediate neighbors would have to sign off on it.
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Absolutely not.

I also support taking vacant land in urban areas and turning them into community farming gardens operated by schools and non-profits until the owners do something with it. Eliminates an eyesore, educated kids on farming, use the food grown to feed the poor and sell to generate money for non-profit causes.
 
You mention one of the most laughable of ALL situations: Kalifornication. While all of these PCLL dipsticks tart up their neighbourhood with all of the trappings of their eco-political consciousness, it never occurs to them that they are wasting vast quantities of resources to LOOK like they "care" while living a two hour daily commute away from the source of money they must have to pay for all of that environmental and social consciousness. Thanks for the chuckle of the day.

BTW: Smeagol's post #23, THAT is a great idea (and one that some cities have embraced, I might add).
 
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Smeagol said:
Absolutely not.

I also support taking vacant land in urban areas and turning them into community farming gardens operated by schools and non-profits until the owners do something with it. Eliminates an eyesore, educated kids on farming, use the food grown to feed the poor and sell to generate money for non-profit causes.
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Theres a spot here in Ft.Wayne set up that way.
It's neat to see people out there working as you drive by!
 
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