A. Provisions Supplement Laws. This Chapter shall in all respects be construed to supplement and harmonize with the provisions of laws of the State of California pertaining to bees and the beekeeping industry.
B. Location of Apiaries.
1. Apiaries shall be permitted in the DL zone districts subject to the requirements of this Section.
2. Apiaries and their water supply shall be placed a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from any property line and a minimum of five hundred (500) feet from any street, road or highway, any public school, park, established bus or transportation stop or from any dwelling or place of human habitation other than that occupied by the owner or caretaker of the apiary.
3. All apiaries owned or kept within the City near school yards or places where people congregate shall be located and maintained behind barriers (natural or otherwise) to cause bees to fly at a high altitude over such school yard or place where people congregate.
C. Number of Hives Allowed. A maximum of eight (8) bee hives per two and one-half (2-1/2) acres is allowed.
D. Water Supply. Prior to locating or maintaining any apiary, a plentiful supply of fresh water must be furnished and kept available to such apiary at all times, unless an apiary is so located that the closest supply of water is an isolated stream or reservoir where water is available to such bees and all other sources of water at locations where people or animals remain are farther from the apiary than the stream or reservoir. If no such stream or reservoir is available to the bees, the owner or person in possession of said apiary shall cause to be placed and maintained a watering place within one hundred (100) yards of the apiary.
E. Abatement of Public Nuisance. No apiary shall be maintained or allowed to remain in any particular location in the City but shall be moved to another location when the Animal Control Officer determines that there are substantial numbers of bees from such apiary which are entering land other than where such apiary is situated and are causing a public nuisance to the extent that the health, safety or welfare of the public is endangered or causing property damage through such violation. The Animal Control Officer shall serve a written notice of the violation to the apiary owner or person in possession of the apiary requiring removal of the apiary within forty-eight (48) hours from the time the notice is served, all as provided in Section 7.04.150.
[Ord. No. 521, 10/23/13.]