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SECTION 14 GARDEN OVERLAY DISTRICT .Section 1.4.1 findings and Purpose. 14.1.1 .The City Council makes the following findings: A) The land -use plans -of the City of Gertz Lake histarically. have not assigned any land in -the -City for long-term. agricultural used as the City has developed and continues to develop as a primarily residential community. surrounded by fully developed suburban neighborhoods, The City. Council reaffirms the City's intent to encourage development of the City in accordance with its. adopted. comprehensive plans. B) At the time this Ordinance :is considered, large Iand .parcels in the .City have yet to develop .any primary use and stand vacant. Additional. large -lot property.in the City is. projected. to subdivide and develop into smaller lots over the next 10 to 34 years.. The City Council recognizes that economic conditions are not always favorable fox real estate development, and that the. costs. to carry vacant land can create pressures that promote sub- optirnal dev elopment. Permitting:small-scale agriculture as. a. primary use.. will allow owners of large undeveloped. parcels to qualify for .agricultural tax classification, and thus lower tax payments, without affecting the long- term plans for .the land. The .Council finds that. providing this reams to. temporarily ease this .pressure will. enhance the .City's ability to fully realize the goals of its comprehensive plans. C} Several cities and metropolitan areas are placing.a greater emphasis on local food production as a means .of improving.public health, Allowing -the use'of available space in the City for "community gardens" or "market gardens" to. grow -food will promote local food production and improve public health in.. Gem Lake and. the D} lls n interitt se of land; sub eet to the regulations propa-seq� "6&=unity gardening and � 3tket. gardening will be viE1,11npati 3 with all :allo ecl land u . r in t ; .City of e iri bake; and with the grrals of the City's '4.1.2 The Coutiil intends` that the WidenC]verlayrtsxrr�'1*atailableYa=o�=erlay on parcels of larin any existing honing district i a add the uses described i the dis h regulations 0 lid `=vf uses allowed upon that land. The Garden. ;Ov illa ]istrict may be apphed tp and surt]}�exim{7osed as an overt upon".ry zoning district, defined n this Zoning Ordinance, as eaistiirg or amended icy tivs. section and as.sl?ow.n .on the official Zoning.Map.. Nothing in this Section is.. intended: to affect: tlie.ability: of .landowners. tv maintain accessory uses Yhat.arc allowed without the Overlay zone upon their property, whether or not the Overlay .zone .covers thoi property. This overlay district is intended to Permit a temporary land use, and should no longer be needed on a parcelwhen it eventually develops in accordance: with the regulations of the underlying coning district. Section'14.2 Requesting Garden Overlay. Applications to create a Garden Overlay District shall be made and considered.as a re -zoning request in accordance with Section 17.6 of this Ordinance. I.n addition to the documents and materials generally .required fora re -zoning application, the applicant sliall.supply copies of draft leases, contracts or use. agreements to which. the groups or individuals using the gardens: will. agree prior to using the.garden space, .Such agreernents must provide the land owner or designated representative with the legal ability toevict. a tenant::and bar entry to any individual member of a group;: if the tenant or individual violates the terms of this Ordinance, the, terms of the Interim Use Permit for the property, any restrictive . term of the. Lease or agreement, or. any other applicable City Ordinance. or state law. Section 14.3 Termination. of Garden Overlay. A Garden Overlay District shall remain in .effect until one of the following occurs; 14.3..1 City approval of a zoningapplication for a use. or uses permitted in the underlying zone: (e.g.. development plan, conditional use permit; or building permit), the Garden Overlay status and any permits. granted under the terms of this Section shall expire six months from the date of approval, or 14.3.2 The Interim Use Permit for the property expires; and no application is made to renew the permit within. six monthsof the expiration;. or ' 14.3.3 The Interim 'Use permit for the property is revoked by the City Council for-iolations of this Ordinance, permit conditions, or any .other applicable law or ordinance. . Updated.hene 5, 1017 Gent Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance -- Page 64