(a) Whenever written complaint is made to the City Manager by an occupant of property within 100 feet of any premises whereon are kept apiaries, hives or colonies of bees, within the City that the bees are a source of annoyance, the City Manager may investigate the circumstances which are the basis of such complaint.
(b) If upon investigation it is the opinion of the City Manager that the bees do cause annoyance to such occupant he shall attempt to find a place on the premises to which apiaries, hives or colonies of bees may be moved and where in his judgment the occupant shall not be annoyed thereby. If thereafter further complaint is made by such occupant that the bees continue to be an annoyance and, if, upon investigation, the City Manager finds that the bees continue to annoy the occupant of property within 100 feet of the premises whereon the bees are kept and in his judgment they cannot be kept anywhere upon the premises without annoyance to such occupant, he shall serve or cause to be served a written notice upon the owner or keeper of such bees to discontinue the keeping of the bees or to move them to other premises where they shall not annoy the occupants of property within 100 feet thereof, within thirty days from the service of the notice. The keeping of bees upon the premises thereafter shall be unlawful.
(c) Appeals from the order of the City Manager shall be by petition to the Municipal Court as a matter of right within five days of the serving of the notice. A cash bond of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be deposited by the petitioner at the time of the filing of the petition for an appeal.
(Ord. 11285. Passed 7-1-97.)