Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’ approval for a Special Use Permit for a Planned Unit Development consisting of a working farm and education center with pole barns for a community meeting place and equipment storage, two (2) 30’x 90’ passive solar greenhouses, a storage shed, a gazebo and a gravel parking area and gravel driveway in a R-1, Single-Family Residential Zoning District at 730 and 7xx Lincoln Park Boulevard (Kathryn Whitacre of Nettle Curbside Compost, LLC/Applicant). Subject to conditions.

Committee

Code and Regulation Committee

Introduced

April 21, 2026

On agenda

April 27, 2026

Passed

May 4, 2026

Enacted

May 4, 2026

Enactment no.

2026-83-CR

Where it was heard

City Council May 4, 2026 Adopted Pass Code and Regulation Committee Apr 27, 2026 Sustained Pass

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