The Council, after investigation, hereby finds, determines and declares that, unless reasonably regulated, the keeping of bees in the city can and has become detrimental to the public health, peace, safety and general welfare and an invasion of the property rights of inhabitants and other persons within the city; that most portions of the city are built upon to the extent that the keeping of bees, if allowed to fly at large, is a public nuisance and therefore should be regulated; and that, accordingly, the purposes of this subchapter are to prevent, insofar as possible, the happening of any such contingencies that may occur and to provide for the abatement of those which do occur.
('65 Code, § 6-2.401) (Ord. 637, passed - - )