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City Council Minutes Page 3 <br />May 21, 2018 <br />----------------------------- <br />Permit as the standards set forth in Section 30-654 are satisfied. Motion <br />carried 5-0. <br /> <br />7.2 Conditional Use Permit: Joseph Eiler for Beekeeping <br /> <br /> Mr. Leeseberg presented the staff report. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz opened the public hearing. <br /> <br />Joseph Eiler, stated he is the applicant and is in attendance to answer questions. <br /> <br />There being no one else to speak to this issue, Mayor Dietz closed the public <br />hearing. <br /> <br />Moved by Councilmember Wagner and seconded by Councilmember Olsen <br />to approve the request by Joseph Eiler for a Conditional Use Permit with the <br />following conditions to ensure satisfaction of the standards set forth in <br />Section 30-654: <br /> <br />1.No more than eight (8) bee hives shall be allowed on the subject <br />property. <br /> <br />2.The apiary shall be set back 20 feet from side and rear property lines. <br /> <br />3.The apiary shall be set back 30 feet from any right-of-way. <br /> <br />4.Honey bee colonies shall be kept in hives with removable frames, <br />which shall be kept in sound and useable condition. <br /> <br />5.Each colony on the apiary site shall be provided with a convenient and <br />adequate source of water which must be located within 10 feet of each <br />active colony on the applicant’s property. <br /> <br />6.Materials from a hive such as wax combs or other materials that might <br />encourage pilfering by other bees shall be promptly disposed of in a <br />sealed container or placed within a building or other bee and vermin- <br />proof enclosure. <br /> <br />7.For each colony permitted, there may also be maintained upon the <br />same apiary lot, one nucleus colony in a hive structure not to exceed <br />one standard nine and five-eights (9-5/8) inch depth box, 10 frame <br />hive body with no supers. <br /> <br />8.Beekeeping equipment must be maintained in good condition, <br />including keeping the hives free of chipped and peeling paint if <br />painted, and any unused equipment must be stored in an enclosed <br />structure. <br /> <br />9.Hives shall be continuously managed to provide adequate living space <br />for their resident honeybees in order to prevent swarming. <br /> <br />10.The applicant must apply for a beekeeping permit by May 21, 2020. <br /> <br />Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />