A. Permit Required: Persons wishing to establish a honeybee apiary in the Village of Oak Park shall first obtain a beekeeping permit from the Village. Applications shall be submitted to the Director of Public Health. Beekeepers, who owned and operated a honeybee apiary within the Village prior to the effective date hereof and who continue to do so after the effective date hereof, shall have thirty (30) days after such effective date to apply for a beekeeping permit. At the time of application for a Village beekeeping permit, the applicant shall:
1. Demonstrate compliance with all requirements of this article; and
2. Pay a seventy five dollar ($75.00) nonrefundable permit fee for each apiary location.
B. Permit Expiration And Renewal: Village beekeeping permits shall expire on March 31 of each calendar year. Beekeepers must apply to renew their permit annually. Renewal permits may be obtained by submitting a renewal application to the Village of Oak Park Public Health Director. Renewal permits shall be subject to the same requirements as original permits, including the payment of the annual permit renewal fee.
C. Inspection; Right Of Entry: By applying for a beekeeping permit, the applicant authorizes the Director of Public Health to enter onto that part of the applicant's property which contains the apiary for the limited purpose of inspecting the apiary for compliance with this article.
D. Nontransferability: No Village beekeeping permit shall be assigned or transferred to any other person, or to any other location. No refund shall be granted for any unexpired period of a Village beekeeping permit.
E. State Registration: All beekeepers must register their apiary with the state of Illinois department of agriculture. (Ord. 2011-0-86, 12-5-2011)