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§ 95.113 ISSUANCE, REVOCATION. (A) If granted, the permit shall be issued by the city and shall state the conditions, if any, imposed upon the permitted for the keeping of chickens under this permit. The permit shall specify the restrictions, limitations, conditions and prohibitions which the city deems reasonably necessary to protect any person or neighboring use from unsanitary conditions, unreasonable noise or odors, or annoyance, or to protect the public health and safety. Such permit may be modified from time to time or revoked by the city for failure to conform to such restrictions, limitations, or prohibitions. Such modification or revocation shall be effective after 10 days following the mailing of written notice thereof by certified mail to the person or persons keeping or maintaining such chickens. (B) The city may revoke any permit issued under this subchapter if the person holding the permit refuses or fails to comply with this subchapter, with any regulations promulgated by the city council pursuant to this article, or with any state or local law governing cruelty to animals or the keeping of animals. Any person whose permit is revoked shall, within 10 days thereafter, humanely dispose of all chickens being owned, kept or harbored by such person, and no part of the permit fee shall be refunded. (Ord. 08-100,passed 2-18-2014) KEEPING OF BEES § 95.125 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. APIARY. The assembly o£1 or more colonies of bees at a single location. BEEKEEPER. A person who owns or has charge of t or more colonies of bees. BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT. Anything used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractors. COLONY. An aggregate of bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, 1 queen and at times drones, brood, combs, and honey. HIVE. The receptacle inhabited by a colony that is manufactured for that purpose. HONEYBEE. All life stages of the common domestic honey bee, apis mellifera (African subspecies and Africanized hybrids are not allowed). LOT. A contiguous parcel of land under common ownership. (Ord. 08-100, passed 2-18-2014) § 95.126 PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish certain requirements for beekeeping within the city, to avoid issues that might otherwise be associated with beekeeping in populated areas. (A) Compliance with this subchapter shall not be a defense to a proceeding alleging that a given colony constitutes a nuisance, but such compliance may be offered as evidence of the beekeeper's efforts to abate any previous nuisance. (B) Compliance with this section shall not be a defense to a proceeding alleging that a given colony violates applicable ordinances regarding public health, but such compliance may be offered as evidence of the beekeeper's compliance with acceptable standards of practice among hobby beekeepers in the State of Minnesota. (Ord. 08-100,passed 2-18-2014) § 95.127 STANDARDS OF PRACTICE.