(A) Before an initial or renewal permit is issued, applicants shall furnish to the city, copies of written proof containing the neighbor’s signed acknowledgment of receipt of notice. In the absence of a signed receipt, the applicant may submit copies of notices mailed to neighboring properties via certified mail with delivery confirmation or return receipt requested.
(B) Notices shall be provided to all residents of abutting and adjoining or diagonally abutting properties, including those across an alley, and shall inform such residents that the applicant has applied for a permit hereunder, and informing that any written objections to issuance of the permit should be submitted to the city within 14 days of receipt of the notice.
(C) The city shall consider all objections and may deny a permit request based on neighbor objections. An applicant, if not the property owner, shall obtain the written consent of the property owner where the apiary shall be kept.
(D) An applicant must submit a scaled dimensional drawing, showing all adjoining structures and property lines together with the proposed apiary.
(Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)