Draft Ordinance - Bee Keeping

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ORDINANCE NO.       
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AMENDING 
CHAPTER 25 (NUISANCES) ARTICLE II (SPECIAL ACTS, 
OMISSIONS AND CONDITIONS) SECTION 25, BY ADDING 
SECTION 25-26 (BEEKEPING) AND SETTING FORTH AN 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: 
 
 
SECTION 1.  That the Glendale City Code Chapter 25, Article II, Section 25 is amended by 
adding Section 25-26 and shall read as follows: 
 
Chapter 25- Nuisances 
Sec. 25-26 Beekeeping 
(A)      Definitions. 
(1) Apiary means one or more hives or colonies of bees at one location.   
(2) Colony means the inhabitance of the hive including the queen, drones, worker bees and 
brood.  
(3) Hive means the domicile of bees including any receptacles or containers inhabited by bees.   
(B) 
Keeping of Bees: 
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep bees on any lot or parcel of land consisting of less 
than six thousand square feet in area. 
 
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain more than one hive or colony 
 
of bees for each one thousand seven hundred square feet of area within any lot or parcel 
 
of land upon which bees are kept or maintained.  
 
(3) No apiary, hive or colony of bees shall be kept or maintained within fifty feet of any 
 
boundary line of the lot or parcel upon which the bees are kept. 
 
(4) No apiary, hive or colony of bees shall be kept or maintained within two hundred feet 
 
of an existing dwelling located on another lot or parcel.

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(5) Any person keeping or maintaining bees within the City shall provide a constant and 
 
easily accessible supply of water of sufficient quantity to meet the needs of all bees being 
 
maintained. 
 
 
(6) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain bees in a manner that presents 
 
a hazard to the public health, safety and welfare of residents. 
 
Secs. 25-27-25-35- Reserved.  
 
 
SECTION 2.  That the provisions of this ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after 
passage of this ordinance by the Glendale City Council. 
 
 
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Glendale, 
Maricopa County, Arizona, this       day of                    , 2021. 
 
 
                                                 
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers 
ATTEST: 
 
                                                         
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk        (SEAL) 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
                                                        
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
                                                        
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager 
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