City Council isn’t outlawing front-yard gardens after all

Eagle-eyed Kansas City gardeners tell The Pitch they’re concerned about a City Council ordinance that seems to ban front-yard vegetable gardens.

The eye-catching line, added to Ordinance No. 100299: “Row crops are not permitted in the front yard of a residentially zoned and occupied property.”

Councilwoman Beth Gottstein and Councilman John Sharp sponsored that ordinance, which passed the Planning and Zoning Committee yesterday and goes to the full council for a vote next week. It was intended to address the commotion that arose around Badseed Farm and Market, whose organic farm at 1201 West Bannister Road irked neighbors. (Read this Plog entry for background.)