Wow! I bet you are a great cook too. Our neighborhood has lots of rules about what we can do on our property. We have a large side area that can't be seen from the street so I think the garden will be Ok. Our next door neighbors are a young couple from the counrty so they may even be interested in sharing part of the garden spot.
If you have room for shrubs, maybe think about blueberries. They are lovely shrubs that have gorgeous red leaves in the fall. No one will know they're fruit plants! Our city plants decorative kale in the malls in fall and I've found that bright green globes of cabbage look perfectly nice in the front yard, especially paired with marigolds.
Stinx that people tell you what you can grow.