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MOUNDS VIEW <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />Item No: 08A <br />Meeting Date: May 8, 2023 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing: Resolution 9738 to Consider a Honeybee - <br />keeping License for Dustin Nyffeler, 8136 Red Oak Drive <br />Introduction: <br />Ordinance 908, which amended Chapter 701 of the City Code, allows for the <br />keeping of beehives on properties zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. This <br />Ordinance became effective on October 25, 2015. Applicant Dustin Nyffeler has <br />submitted an application to keep and raise honeybees on his father-in-law's <br />property located at 8136 Red Oak Drive. <br />Discussion: <br />Mr. Nyffeler will have one hive on the property; the maximum allowed by Code is <br />four hives. Mr. Nyffeler has informed Staff he has not had formal education on <br />raising honeybees, however, he has viewed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of <br />videos regarding beekeeping (see attached letter). <br />A site plan has been provided showing that the hive will be located in the rear yard <br />and that there are adequate setbacks from all property lines. <br />In accordance with Ordinance 908, applications are considered by the City Council <br />after holding a public hearing. Licenses are valid indefinitely as long as the hives <br />operate continuously. Licenses can be revoked or denied by the City Council based <br />on negligence or nuisance. In such event, the applicant would be provided with an <br />opportunity to be heard by the City Council. A digital signature has been submitted <br />by the property owner, Robert Eickstadt, on the attached application. If you would <br />like further input from Mr. Eickstadt, please advise Staff. <br />Staff published a public hearing notice in the City's official newspaper, the St. Paul <br />Pioneer Press, on April 20, 2023. Public hearing notices were also mailed to <br />residents within 350 feet of 8136 Red Oak Drive. <br />Mr. Nyffeler has indicated he will be present at the City Council Meeting/public <br />hearing. <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />