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Item No: 07A <br />Meeting Date: November 14, 2016 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review: _____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing: Resolution 8662, to Consider a New <br />License for Keeping of Honeybees at 2228 Lambert Avenue <br />– Applicant: Mia Hanson <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />City Council passed Ordinance 908, which amended Chapter 701 of the City Code to <br />provide for the keeping of bee hives on properties zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. <br />Residents would be limited to no more than four (4) hives restricted to backyard areas. <br />Hive openings must face in toward property owner’s backyard. This Ordinance became <br />effective on October 25, 2015. <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Applicant Mia Hanson, located at 2228 Lambert Avenue, submitted a license application to <br />keep and raise honeybees on his property. Attached is the application for the City Council’s <br />consideration. Ms. Hanson will have four (4) hives on his property. Staff has not received <br />any proof of training from Ms. Hanson. This license will be contingent on receiving proof of <br />training. Ms. Hanson will be present at this City Council Meeting to answer any questions <br />you may have. <br /> <br />In accordance with Ordinance 908, initial applications shall be considered by the City <br />Council after holding a public hearing on the matter. Licenses are valid indefinitely so long <br />as the hives are operated continuously. This license may be revoked or denied by the City <br />Council based on negligence or nuisance. In such event, the property owner would be <br />provided with an opportunity to be heard. <br /> <br />Staff published this hearing in the City’s official newspaper, Sun Focus. Public hearing <br />notices were also mailed to residents within a 350 feet radius of 2228 Lambert Avenue. <br />Applicant did receive a satisfactory report from the Mounds View Police Department. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends opening this public hearing for public comment. Staff recommends <br />approval of this license contingent on receiving proof of training. If approved, this will make <br />a total of six (6) approved Honeybee Keeping Licenses in the City. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________ <br />Desaree Crane <br />