Bundeskleingartengesetz (BKleingG)
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
gesetze-im-internet.de (Bundesministerium der Justiz)
Urban Farm DB summary
The official text of the Federal Allotment Garden Act. Section 1 defines a Kleingarten as a garden used non-commercially for horticultural purposes (including growing garden produce for personal use) and recreation, situated within a site combining multiple individual plots with shared facilities. Section 3 caps a plot at 400 m² and permits a simple garden shed of at most 24 m² (including covered terrace) that must not be suitable for permanent habitation. Section 5 caps rent at up to four times the locally customary rent for commercial fruit and vegetable cultivation.
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- 400 m2
max plot size(kleingarten)
Policy- region
- Germany
- method
- BKleingG §3(1)
- 4 x_local_customary_rent
max rent multiple(kleingarten)
PolicyControl: locally customary rent for commercial fruit and vegetable cultivation- region
- Germany
- method
- BKleingG §5(1)
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