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MEMORANDUM <br />To:City of Saint Anthony Village Parks & Environmental Commission <br />From:Richard Sonterre, City Code Official <br />Date:March 4, 2024 Parks & Environmental Commission Meeting <br />Request:Review Draft Beekeeping Ordinance <br />BACKGROUND <br />The draft ordinance provided has been created to meet the guidance given to staff by the Parks and <br />Environmental Commission. The code sections are summarized briefly below to assist in the Commission’s <br />discussion and review, along with the complete draft, visual examples of defined terminology and feedback from <br />the University of Minnesota Bee Lab. <br />STAFF RESEARCH <br />Staff found a draft ordinance on the MN Hobby Beekeepers Website and began using this a basis for a St. <br />Anthony Daft Ordinance. Staff followed this up by reviewing established language available from Coon Rapids, <br />Falcon Heights, Fridley and Mounds View. In doing so, the vast amount of language within these city ordinances <br />appears to have also come from the Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers draft ordinance as well. Each city, along with <br />our draft, made some modifications to meet their own specific needs, but on the whole are very similar. Lastly, <br />staff engaged Jenny Warner, beekeeping specialist in the U of M Entomology Department/Bee Lab who <br />reviewed our draft ordinance and was fully supportive of the content. <br />DRAFT ORDINANCE <br />staff asks that the Commission provide comments on the proposed ordinance. Some of the proposed sections <br />may be withheld for further study and researched if the Commission’s review requires it. <br />Proposed ordinance sections: <br />Section 1. Identifies and defines key words associated with the language contained within the proposed <br />beekeeping ordinance. <br />Section 2. Establishes a statement of purpose to guide the beekeeping ordinance. <br />Section 3. Defines the requirements for approval of a required beekeeping license. <br />Section 4. Establishes location and setback requirements for an apiary. <br />Section 5. Identifies required conditions for the purpose of licensing of an apiary, as well as a basis for <br />inspections and license renewal applications. <br />Section 6. Provides policies and practices for inspections and, if needed, revocation of licenses. <br />Section 7. Serves to provide guidance for the relocation and removal of an apiary.