Any person may keep and maintain apiaries in accordance to the following regulations:
A. Location:
1. Agricultural apiaries as permitted in Chapter 19.20;
2. Urban apiaries in all zoning districts;
3. Minimum setbacks:
i. Front property line and/or any public or private street: 20 feet; and
ii. Side or rear property lines and/or driveway easements: Eight (8) feet, unless property owners of adjacent properties or beneficiaries of driveway easements have given written permission to locate hives at a closer distance.
B. Number: Only two hives may be kept or maintained on parcels less than 5,000 square feet in size.
C. Maintenance:
1. A constant supply of fresh water adequate in quantity for the apiary should be provided and maintained on the location.
2. Any apiaries abandoned by beekeepers or disused apiaries shall be promptly dismantled and removed from the location.
D. Registration: All apiaries must be registered with the Santa Clara County Agricultural Commissioner as required by Division 13: Bee Management and Honey Production of the California Food and Agricultural Code commencing at Section 29000, and or as thereafter may be amended.
(Ord. 16-2158, § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 1644, § 2 (part), 1994)