Sec. 24-47.1
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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no less than six feet in height as measured from finished grade
- Barrier required if hive within 10-30 ft of ROW/property line
A barrier shall be required if a hive is located between ten and 30 feet from a public right-of-way or boundary line of a property not owned or controlled by the person maintaining the hive.
- Hive location
Hives shall be located within the rear yard of the lot and shall be orientated with the entrance facing internal to the property.
- Hive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwelling on other property50 ft
Hives shall be at least 50 feet away from any dwelling or structure located on property not under the same ownership or control as that of the person maintaining the hive.
- Hive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public right-of-way10 ft
Hives shall be at least ten feet away from public rights-of-way and the boundary lines of properties not owned or controlled by the person maintaining the hive.
- Max colonies if less than one acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.6 colonies
If the property on which the hive is located is less than one acre, the person maintaining the hive shall have no more than six colonies.
- Water source distance50 ft
There shall be an on-site water source located within 50 feet of the hive
From the ordinance
Hives shall be at least ten feet away from public rights-of-way and the boundary lines of properties not owned or controlled by the person maintaining the hive. Hives shall be at least 50 feet away from any dwelling or structure located on property not under the same ownership or control as that of the person maintaining the hive. ... Hives shall be located within the rear yard of the lot ...