Community gardens may be permitted as a principal use on any vacant lot(s) is the City of Steubenville provided such lot(s) are owned, controlled or managed by a governmental/public agency or civic/non-profit organization and such lot(s) are used with the written permission of such governmental/public agency or civic/non-profit organization. Community gardens shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) Community gardens shall not exceed twenty-five thousand square (25,000) feet in size except in the "R-A", Residential Agricultural District where there this Section shall not apply.
(b) Composting shall be limited to materials generated on the site only and shall comply with the composting requirements of Section 1185.11.
(c) Sales of plants or plant materials/products shall not be permitted on the site.
(d) Construction of not more than one (1) accessory building for the purpose of storage of garden supplies, garden tools and other garden accessories may be permitted in accordance with Section 1185.01 provided such storage building occupies not more than ten (10) percent of the total lot size.
(e) Fencing around the lot(s) or garden may be permitted in accordance with Section 1185.16
(f) Signage identifying the community garden may be permitted in accordance with Section 1185.40.
(g) Automobiles or trucks shall not be stored on the lot(s).
(Ord. 2016-11. Passed 4-12-16.)