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June 11, 2024 Page 2 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Planning Commission considered the proposed ordinance language at a public hearing at its regular meeting on May 21, 2024. The Commission recommends adoption of the ordinance, but made a number of recommended modifications to the proposed language which have been incorporated into the attached draft. The Commission’s comments (as well as staff input) include the following changes from the draft forwarded by the PEC: 1.The language is modified to refer to the process as a specific permission of the City Council, similar to the way in which chicken requests are proposed – as opposed to a “permit” or “license”. 2.The language is modified to simplify notice to neighbors of a potential application, in that abutting property owners would be notified by the City of the proposed request. Neighbors could submit concerns, including notification of any bee sting allergies. This alters the PEC’s draft which included a requirements that the applicable submit verification that all neighbors within 100 feet had been notified, and certified that none of the those neighbors had documented bee sting allergies. 3.The language is modified to require only a single application (rather than the PEC’s draft which required an annual renewal). Instead, the approval would lapse if the beekeeper either discontinued the operation, or was found to be out of compliance with the requirements of the code. 4.The proposed language is modified to authorize the City Manager to approve the course of education submitted by the applicant. BACKGROUND AND REVIEW The PEC reviewed the ordinance contents with Code Staff at their March, 2024 meeting. A copy of the staff report is included with this report for Planning Commission background. The updated ordinance in this packet reflects staff’s updates based on the PEC’s comments and questioning, as well as three additional modifications related to (F) License Term; (G) Allergy issues; and (I) Location. Those changes are summarized as follows: (F)Staff added to the approval section to create an administrative renewal for licenses on an annual basis, unless the City Manager finds that the request requires City council review. (This was changed by the Commission to a continuous approval, subject to compliance) (G) License Limitations for Allergies. The ordinance creates a requirement for potential applicants to survey neighboring property owners as to “medically documented” allergies. The original language in the PEC version required documentation for all property owners within “100 feet” of the subject parcel. Administration of this requirement may prove complicated, and as such, the standard is proposed to be limited to “abutting property”. 16