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<br />ATTY/ORD.425/AMENDING CHAPTER 21 (KEEPING OF BEES) <br />REV: 07-29-16 JS <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />Sec. 21.7. - KEEPING OF BEES—DISTANCE FROM DWELLINGS: It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to keep any bees in any hive or like place, unless the same be situated at least one hundred fifty feet (150′) from any dwelling house occupied by human beings. A bee hive shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from any dwelling on an adjacent property. <br />Sec. 21.8. - KEEPING OF BEES—QUANTITIES AND CONDITIONS TO CREATE <br />ANNOYANCE: It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to keep bees in any place in such quantities as to create a source of constant annoyance or discomfort to any person. All hives shall be provided with an adequate and constant water supply on-site. Parcels of 3,000 square feet or less shall not contain more than two bee hives. <br />Sec. 21.9. - KEEPING OF BEES—DEFINED NUISANCE: Within the meaning of the preceding section, a condition where hives of bees are kept so close together and in such numbers that the bees there maintained enter any inhabited dwelling in the vicinity and there sting any person or interfere with his comfort, such person not having provided anything to attract bees, and such condition continues for a period of over one week, is defined, found and declared to be a nuisance, and shall be held to be the keeping of bees in a place in such quantities as to create a source of constant annoyance and discomfort to a person. A public nuisance shall be declared when bees are not kept in accordance with this article. Public nuisances are subject to code enforcement and potential remedies to correct the violation as provided for in this Code. <br /> <br /> <br />7.A. - Page 6