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18.103.010 <br /> 664k (Pleasanton Supp. No. 27, 1-22) <br />Chapter 18.103 <br /> <br />BEEKEEPING <br /> <br />Sections: <br />18.103.010 Policy and purpose. <br />18.103.020 Definitions. <br />18.103.030 Application—Required information and plans. <br />18.103.040 Application—Fee. <br />18.103.050 Notice. <br />18.103.060 Public hearing. <br />18.103.070 Action of zoning administrator. <br />18.103.080 Standards. <br />18.103.090 Nuisance and enforcement. <br />18.103.100 Additional procedures. <br /> <br />18.103.010 Policy and purpose. <br />Beekeeping is beneficial for society as bees are essential for pollination, gardening, and food production. The <br />purpose of this chapter is to promote public health, safety and welfare and to establish reasonable and uniform regula- <br />tions for beekeeping: on land in the A (Agricultural) zoning district; for properties with detached, single-family homes <br />located in the R-1 (One-Family Residential) zoning district and RM (Multi-Family Residential) zoning district; and for <br />properties with detached, single-family homes located in the Downtown Specific Plan Area. (Ord. 2113 § 1, 2015) <br /> <br />18.103.020 Definitions. <br />For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and terms used are defined as follows: <br />A. “Absconding” or “abscond” means the permanent departure of the majority of the bees within a colony. <br />B. “Bee” means any stage of the common domestic honey bee, Apis Mellifera species. <br />C. “Beekeeper” means a person who keeps bees. <br />D. “Beekeeping” means the maintenance of bee colonies in hives. <br />E. “Brood” means immature bees, in various stages of development, before they emerge from their honeycomb cell. <br />F. “Flyway barrier” means the barrier used adjacent to the hive opening that forces bees to fly upwards. <br />G. “Hive” means a structure for the housing of a bee colony. Hives are typically a series of boxes stacked one on top <br />of the other. <br />H. “Requeen” means to replace the queen bee in a colony with a younger and more productive queen. <br />I. “Robbing” means the taking of honey from a colony by other bees or insects. <br />J. “Swarming” or “swarm” means the movement of at least several hundred bees in a group from a colony. (Ord. <br />2113 § 1, 2015) <br /> <br />18.103.030 Application—Required information and plans. <br />An application for a permit to keep bees shall be filed with the zoning administrator on a form prescribed by the <br />city and shall include the following information and maps: <br />A. Name and address of the applicant, who must be the proposed beekeeper; <br />B. Statement of whether the applicant is the owner or a tenant of the property on which the beekeeping is proposed <br />to be located; and if a tenant, the name and contact information for the property owner, landlord, or management <br />company; as well as the signature of the property owner, landlord or management company consenting to the ap- <br />plication;