Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Permitted in single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. and two-family residential districts other than R-TH-1.
Uses
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Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum barrier heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for beehives near property lines6 ft
The barrier must be no less than six feet in height and extend no less than ten feet in length on either side of beehive.
- Minimum beehive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from other residential dwellings30 ft
Closer than 30 feet to any house or other residential dwelling other than the residence of the person maintaining the beehive.
- Minimum beehive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public right-of-way or property line10 ft
Closer than ten feet to a public right-of-way or to the property line of adjoining property not owned by the person maintaining the beehive.
- Minimum beehive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from hotels, motels, offices, commercial establishments, churches, schools30 ft
Closer than 30 feet from any hotel, motel, office, commercial establishment, church or school.
- Maximum number of beehives per lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.4 hives per 8000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
There shall be no more than four beehives per 8,000 square feet or less of lot or parcel area. On parcels or lots consisting of less than one acre of land, two additional beehives shall be allowed for each additional 2,000 square feet in excess of 8,000 square feet of lot area, with a maximum of eight beehives allowed.
- Maximum total beehives on lots less than one acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.8 hives
With a maximum of eight beehives allowed.
- Maximum distance to water source from beehive20 ft
An adequate water source must be provided within 20 feet of any beehive.
From the ordinance
Construction and maintenance of beehives for the purpose of beekeeping is permitted in single-family and two-family residential districts other than R-TH-1 as indicated in section 6-2102 of this Code.