Corona Municipal Code Ch. 6.18 Bee Keeping and Control

Any word or phrase hereinafter used and not defined in Chapter 6.04 shall be given the meaning established by the California Food and Agriculture Code.

(`78 Code, § 6.18.010.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 1686 § 1, 1983.)

(A) All apiaries shall be kept at a place at least 300 feet from any and all public roads.

(B) All apiaries shall be kept at least 1,500 feet from the nearest structure used as a dwelling or as a place of business.

(C) No apiary shall be maintained in any location from which bees enter land, other than where such apiary is situated, in a number which endangers public health or safety or creates unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life or use of property of others.

(D) The requirements of divisions (A) and (B) of this section may be waived if, in the judgment of the supervisor of the Animal Control Bureau or Chief of Police, such waiver will not create a public nuisance, the public health, safety and general welfare will not be adversely affected, and all of the following conditions are met by the applicant:

(1) No more than five apiaries are to be kept on the premises;

(2) The owner or the person having possession or control of the apiaries has obtained written approval for keeping apiaries on the subject property from all property owners and tenants within 1,500 feet from the property proposed to be used for apiaries;

(3) All other terms of this chapter are complied with.

(E) Any waiver granted under the provisions of division (D) of this section may be revoked immediately on any of the following grounds:

(1) Written revocation of approval by one or more of the property owners or tenants whose approval is required;

(2) A subsequent determination by the supervisor of the Animal Control Bureau that continued maintenance of the apiary or apiaries is creating a public nuisance, including, but not limited to, a hazard to traffic or pedestrians on public property.

(`78 Code, § 6.18.020.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 1693 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1686 § 1, 1983.)

No apiary shall be kept or maintained by any person on premises other than his or her premises, unless such apiary is identified either:

(A) By a sign which is prominently displayed on the entrance side of the apiary, stating, in black letters not less than one inch in height on a background of contrasting color, the name of the owner or person having control or possession of the apiary, as well as the address and telephone number (or if no telephone, a statement to that effect); or

(B) In letters not less than one inch in height on a background of contrasting color which are stenciled on a beehive located at the entrance of the apiary and which state the name of the owner or person having control or possession of the apiary, as well as the address and telephone number (or if no telephone, a statement to that effect).

(`78 Code, § 6.18.030.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 1686 § 1, 1983.)

A plentiful supply of fresh water shall be furnished and kept available to all apiaries at all times by the owner, unless an apiary is so located that the nearest supply of water is a stream or reservoir and all other sources of water at locations where people dwell are farther from the apiary than the stream or reservoir. If no such stream or reservoir is available to the bees, the owner or person having control or possession of an apiary shall cause to be placed and maintained a plentiful supply of fresh water within 300 feet of such apiary.

(`78 Code, § 6.18.040.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 1686 § 1, 1983.)

No apiaries shall be kept or located upon the premises of another without the owner or the person having control or possession of such apiaries first procuring permission from the owner or the person having control or possession of such premises to do so. Upon request, satisfactory evidence of such permission shall be furnished to the city.

(`78 Code, § 6.18.050.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 1686 § 1, 1983.)