Carlsbad Municipal Code Ch. 7.12 Bees and Apiaries

For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

"Apiary"

includes bees, one or more hives of bees and appliances, wherever the same are kept, located or found;

"Appliances"

means any contrivance or device used in the handling or manipulation of bees or their brood which may be used in an apiary;

"Hives"

means any object or container made or prepared for the use of bees, or taken possession of by bees;

"Location"

means the lands upon which any apiary is located or found.

(Ord. 3034 § 1)

Every person maintaining an apiary on premises other than that of his or her residence shall identify such apiary by affixing a sign thereto showing the name of the owner or person in possession of the apiary, the owner's address, his or her telephone number, or, if the owner does not have a telephone, the words "No Phone."

(Ord. 3034 § 2)

Persons maintaining apiaries shall affix identification signs on the longer side of the hive or longer side of the super, prominently located on the entrance side of the apiary and shall at all times maintain such signs thereon. Such signs shall be in black letters at least one inch in height on white or other contrasting color.

(Ord. 3034 § 3)

The lettering shall be printed or stenciled, or equivalent thereto, in black paint or black ink.

(Ord. 3034 § 4)

No apiary shall be kept and located at a distance from a public road which distance would constitute a nuisance.

(Ord. 3034 § 5)

No apiary shall be kept and located at a distance less than 150 feet from the nearest house or building inhabited as a dwelling, except buildings owned or controlled by the apiary owner; unless the owner of such apiary first procures permission in writing from the occupant or person using such building or house as a dwelling to do so. Such permission to be revocable at any time by written notice served upon the person owning or keeping the apiary.

(Ord. 3034 § 6)

No apiary shall be kept or located upon the lands of another without the owner or the person in possession of the apiary first procuring from the owner or person entitled to possession of the lands permission to place the apiary thereon.

(Ord. 3034 § 8)

Hives of bees being transported during daylight hours shall be confined by screens or other means to the vehicle by which the bees are being transported.

(Ord. 3034 § 7)

Any person maintaining an apiary who violates any of the provisions of this chapter may be served with written notice of such violation by any law enforcement officer of the county. Notice may be served upon such person personally, by mail, or by posting such notice for five days in a conspicuous place on the apiary where the violation occurs.

(Ord. 3034 § 9)

Every person violating any provision of this chapter who has been served with written notice of such violation as prescribed by Section 7.12.090 and who refuses to comply with such notice is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 3034 § 10)