HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2015 ORDINANCE NO. DIS-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 6 ANIMALS TO ALLOW
BEEKEEPING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
RECITALS:
A. The City Wide Strategic Plan recognizes the importance of agriculture to the
City's economy both past and future. Maintaining opportunities for small
scale agriculture is identified as a strategy for protecting agricultural land and
managing Growth.
B. Small scale urban agriculture, including beekeeping, provides opportunities
for residents to continue the tradition of producing locally grown food products
while supporting the presence and health of local honeybee populations.
C. It is the purpose and intent of this ordinance to provide for the safe and
orderly keeping of bees in the City of Central Point by establishing certain
minimum standards for the keeping of bees to protect the public health, safety
and welfare of the residents of the City of Central Point.
D. Words lined through in the following ordinance are to be deleted and words in
bold are added.
The people of the City of Central Point do ordain as follows:
Section 1. A new Chapter 6.05 Bee Keeping is hereby added to read as follows:
Chapter 6.05
BEE KEEPING
6.05.010 Definitions
6.05.020 Bee Keeping
6.05.010 Definitions
"Apiary" and "apiary property" includes bees, honey, beeswax, bee comb, hives,
frames and other equipment, appliances and material used in connection with an
apiary.
"Bees" means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis and includes the
adults, eggs, larvae, pupae or other immature stages thereof, together with such
materials as are deposited into hives by their adults, except honey and beeswax
in rendered form.
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"Beekeeper" includes any individual, partnership, association or corporation, but
does not include any common carrier when engaged in the business of
transporting bees, hives, appliances, bee cages or other commodities which are
the subject of this chapter, in the regular course of business.
"Colony" or "colonies of bees" refers to any hive occupied by bees.
"Disease" means pests, diseases or any condition affecting bees or their brood
"Hive" means any receptacle or container made or prepared for use of bees, or
box or similar container taken possession of by bees.
"Honeycomb" means a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by bees to contain their
brood and stores of honey.
6.05.020 Bee Keeping
The keeping or maintaining of bees, colonies of bees, hives, honeycombs, or
containers of any kind of character wherein bees are hived is subject to the
following:
A. Registration with the city is required prior to establishing any hive or other
beekeeping activity on any lot or parcel within the city limits and the
Director of Community Development shall provide a beekeeping
application and registration process.
B. Number of Hives Permitted
1. A maximum of three (3) bee hives shall be kept or maintained on a lot or
parcel less than one acre in size.
2. A maximum of six (6) hives shall be kept or maintained on a lot or parcel
greater than one acre in size.
3. A beekeeper who owns five or more hives is required by the state to
register them with the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
C. Hives shall consist of removable frames, which shall be kept in sound and
usable condition.
D. Hives shall not be placed within a required front, side or rear yard setback
area.
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E. In each instance where a hive is kept less than twenty five (25) feet from a
property line, a flyway barrier at least six (6) feet in height shall be
maintained parallel to the property line for a minimum of ten (10) feet in
either direction from the hive The flyway barrier may consist of a wall,
fence, dense vegetation or a combination there of, such that bees will fly
over rather than through the material to reach the colony.
F. A constant supply of fresh water shall be provided for the colonies on site
within fifteen (15) feet of each hive.
G. Each beekeeper shall ensure that no wax comb or other material that might
encourage robbing by other bees are left upon the grounds of the property.
Such materials once removed from the site shall be handled and stored in
sealed containers or placed within a building or other insect proof
container.
H. The sale of surplus honey or bee's wax produced on site shall be permitted
on the property where the keeping of bees is permitted per applicable
business license and/or home occupation regulations. However, outdoor
sales are prohibited.
I. Only docile common honey bees shall be permitted. African bees or any
hybrid thereof are prohibited.
J. A beekeeper shall immediately replace the queen in a hive that exhibits
aggressive characteristics, including stinging or attempting to sting
without provocation.
Section 2. Central Point Municipal Code Section 6.06.020 regarding exemptions is
hereby amended to read as follows regarding bee keeping:
Title 6
ANIMALS
6.06.020 Exemptions
6.06.020 Exemptions.
A. Notwithstanding any restrictions or prohibitions of this chapter, animals of any
kind and any number may be kept by a school, museum or zoo for educational
purposes; or the exhibition for amusement purposes, temporarily, by a circus,
carnival, or other exhibition licensed in accordance with the applicable city
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ordinance. All rules as to sanitation and humane treatment contained in this title
shall govern the keeping of the animals and maintenance of the premises or
buildings where such animals are kept.
B. Police service dogs, while in the exercise of their law enforcement duties, are
exempt from any restrictions or prohibitions of this title.
C. Bee keeping established and operated in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 6.05 are exempt from the prohibitions of this title.
D. C-Any prohibited animal in the possession of an owner or custodian at the time
the owner or custodian's real property is annexed into the city limits of Central
Point may be kept as a nonconforming use provided the owner or custodian
registers the animal(s) with the code enforcement officer. The animal(s) may be
kept until such time as the owner chooses to remove them from the property. No
animal so described may then be replaced by another animal.
SECTION 3. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the
City Code and the word Ordinance may be changed to "code", "article", "section",
"chapter", or other word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or
re-lettered, provided however that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions
need not be codified and the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross
references and any typographical errors.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. The Central Point City Charter states that an ordinance
enacted by the council shall take effect on the thirtieth day after its enactment. The
effective date of this ordinance will be the thirtieth day after the second reading.
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this
____day of S e ji er- , 2015.
Mayor Hank Williams
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