A Florida city has been the site of a heated legal battle over the property rights of homeowners.
When one thinks of the typical American household, it wouldn’t be out of the question to imagine a nice little garden, perhaps one with a few vegetables even, in front of it. Apparently, however, the Miami Shores Village Council feels that such a decoration is out of the question because back in 2013, the council voted to amend zoning laws to prohibit vegetables gardens in residents’ front yards.
Couple Tom Carroll and Hermine Ricketts were preparing to comply with the council’s order when authorities threatened to slap them with a $50 fine for every day it took to relocate their garden to their backyard. Incensed at this action, the couple struck back and sued the city.
Arguing that the ban on front yard gardens infringes on the property rights of residents, Carroll and Ricketts are maintaining that the ban not only violates the Florida Constitution but also the equal protection clause as it only outlaws vegetable gardens in front yards.
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Hope they win.
a lot of vegetables are decorative…….and if you grow for seed, they flower…….and a lot of flowers are edible…….that would be one way to fight back. Also, it says garden it does not say orchard……time for some fruit trees……tomato “tree” even. some weeds are excellent greens, grow them up by the house as decorative plants. Just a few ideas ….. that is what I am doing 🙂 …… plus I am using planters that are movable not planted in the ground ….. technicality is “plant a garden in the front yard”, does not say anything about potted plants not allowed.
I think this rediculous . In this,day and age we should all be able to do as much is possible to be self sufficient. If the power grid goes down, and we have no electricity getting fresh food of any sort will be a major problem.
This is what happens when we try to tell our neighbors what they can do with their property. Their neighbors should get to pay their taxes…
That is what govt did to Indians. They paid hunters to kill all buffalo so they could control food supply. Then they stuck them on reservations! HE WHO CONTROLS FOOD SUPPLY CONTROLS THE WORLD!
Agenda 21, they don’t want us to have food. Trump is coming!!1
If it’s not an eyesore, I see nothing wrong with it. I thought it was a flower garden.
What a screwed up nation we have become!
How could this even be possible in America. People, we need to take back control of this$#%&!@* When you see people being fucked with in your community you need to stand up with them and when it comes time to vote vote these fucking idiots out.
Do not move there!