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<br /> <br />§ 91.06 DEFINITIONS. <br />Domesticated animals means house pets such as dogs, cats, and birds, or other common pets kept in <br />small containments which can be contained within a principal structure throughout the entire year, <br />provided that containment can be accomplished without special modification to the structure requiring a <br />building permit from the city. In addition, the term "domestic animals" includes birds (other than <br />chickens, ducks and geese) and rabbits normally sheltered outside the home. <br />Farm animals means cattle, hogs, bees, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, horses and other animals <br />commonly accepted as farm animals in the state, and/or which are kept for agricultural purposes or food <br />production. <br /> With regard to bees and beekeeping, the following definitions shall apply: <br /> Apiary - The assembly of one or more colonies of bees at a single location <br /> Beekeeper - A person who owns or has charge of one or more colonies of bees. <br />Beekeeping equipment - anything used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, <br />supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractors. <br />Colony - An aggregate of bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one <br />queen and at times drones, brood, combs, and honey. <br /> <br />Flyway barrier - A barrier that raises the flight path of bees as they come and go from a hive. <br /> <br />Hive - The receptacle inhabited by a colony that is manufactured for that purpose. <br /> <br />Honey bee (also “Honeybee”) - All life stages of the common domestic honey bee, apis mellifera <br />species. <br /> <br />Lot - An area of land intended for occupancy or use as permitted in the zoning code, and <br />otherwise meeting the requirements of the zoning code. <br /> <br />Nucleus colony - A small quantity of bees with a queen housed in a smaller than usual hive box <br />designed for a particular purpose. <br /> <br />Undeveloped property - Any idle land that is not improved or actually in the process of being <br />improved with residential, commercial, industrial, church, park, school or governmental facilities <br />or other structures or improvements intended for human occupancy and the grounds <br />maintained in associations therewith. The term shall be deemed to include property developed <br />exclusively as a street or highway or property used for commercial agricultural purposes. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", First line: 0" <br />Formatted: Font: Bold, Italic