(A) All apiaries shall be kept at a place at least 300 feet from any and all public roads.
(B) All apiaries shall be kept at least 1,500 feet from the nearest structure used as a dwelling or as a place of business.
(C) No apiary shall be maintained in any location from which bees enter land, other than where such apiary is situated, in a number which endangers public health or safety or creates unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life or use of property of others.
(D) The requirements of divisions (A) and (B) of this section may be waived if, in the judgment of the supervisor of the Animal Control Bureau or Chief of Police, such waiver will not create a public nuisance, the public health, safety and general welfare will not be adversely affected, and all of the following conditions are met by the applicant:
(1) No more than five apiaries are to be kept on the premises;
(2) The owner or the person having possession or control of the apiaries has obtained written approval for keeping apiaries on the subject property from all property owners and tenants within 1,500 feet from the property proposed to be used for apiaries;
(3) All other terms of this chapter are complied with.
(E) Any waiver granted under the provisions of division (D) of this section may be revoked immediately on any of the following grounds:
(1) Written revocation of approval by one or more of the property owners or tenants whose approval is required;
(2) A subsequent determination by the supervisor of the Animal Control Bureau that continued maintenance of the apiary or apiaries is creating a public nuisance, including, but not limited to, a hazard to traffic or pedestrians on public property.
(`78 Code, § 6.18.020.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 1693 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1686 § 1, 1983.)