(a) Definitions for this Section.
(1) "Beekeeping" means the keeping or propagation of honeybee hives for collection of honey or other bee products.
(2) "Community Garden" means a neighborhood-based development with the primary purpose of providing space for members of the community to grow plants for beautification, education, recreation, community distribution, or personal use.
(3) "Composting" means accumulating a mixture of various decaying organic substances, such as dead leaves or manure, intended to be used for fertilizing soil.
(4) "Fowl" means any chicken, duck, goose, turkey, guinea fowl, or pigeon.
(5) "Home Agriculture" means the gardening or production, principally for use or consumption of the property owner or resident, of plants or their products including but not limited to fruits of all kinds including grapes, nuts, and berries; vegetables; floral, ornamental, and other noncommercial greenhouse products; and bees and apiary products.
(6) "Hydroponics" means the cultivation of plants in nutrient solution rather than soil.
(7) "Livestock" means any hog, pig, goat, cow, horse, pony, emu, alpaca, or other hoofed animal.
(b) Beekeeping. Beekeeping is permitted as an accessory use to a dwelling provided that:
(1) No more than three (3) hives, each with only one swarm, are allowed on lots of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet; and
(2) Hives shall not be located within twenty-five (25) feet of any lot line except when situated eight (8) feet or more above the grade immediately adjacent to the grade of the lot on which the hives are located or when situated less than eight (8) feet above the adjacent existing lot grade and behind a solid fence or hedge six (6) feet high parallel to any lot line within twenty-five (25) feet of a hive and extending at least twenty (20) feet beyond the hive in both directions.
(c) Community Gardens. The responsibility of managing, maintenance, and operations of community garden sites shall be that of the landowner or designated public or civic entity, nonprofit organization, or other community-based organization. Processing and storage of plants or plant products are prohibited on site. Garden tools and supplies may be stored within an accessory structure.
(d) Composting. Composting shall take place at least fifty (50) feet from any dwelling other than the dwelling associated with the use.
(e) Incidental Sales. Any sale resulting from beekeeping, composting, or home agriculture shall constitute a home-based business and is subject to all applicable provisions of this code.
(f) Location. Beekeeping and composting shall not take place in the front yard.
(g) Prohibitions. Livestock and fowl shall not be kept within the City of Lewisburg.
(Ord. 319. Passed 6-18-24.)