(A) Hives cannot be located in the front yard and must be located a minimum of ten feet from the rear or side property lines and 25 feet from public rights-of-way unless further restricted elsewhere in this code. A corner lot shall be considered to have two front yards. Hive openings shall face in toward subject property’s backyard.
(B) Honey bee colonies shall be kept in removable frames, which shall be kept in sound and usable condition.
(C) For each colony permitted to be maintained under this section, there may also be maintained upon the same apiary lot, one nucleus colony in a hive structure not to exceed one standard nine and five- eighths-inch depth, ten-frame hive body with no supers.
(D) A flyway barrier at least six feet in height shall shield any part of a property line that is within 30 feet of a ground hive. The flyway barrier shall consist of a wall, fence, dense vegetation, or a combination thereof, and it shall be positioned to transect both legs of a triangle extending from an apex at the hive to each end point of the part of the property line to be shielded.
(E) Rooftop apiaries are allowed but shall not be located closer than 15 feet from a principal building on an abutting lot.
(Prior Code, § 6-8-3) (Ord. 634, passed 4-11-2016)