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9. Proposed Section 4-5-5. Nuisance informs the public that any nuisance <br /> complaints related to beekeeping shall be filed with the vector control division of <br /> the State department of health. <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO HCC CHAPTER 25 (ZONING) <br /> 10. Bill 144 further allows for apiaries as a permitted use in all zoning districts. <br /> 11. In addition, Bill 144 removes apiaries from livestock production which also <br /> removes the arbitrary one-thousand-foot setback requirements for apiaries. <br /> 12. Bill 144 requires that apiaries be located a minimum of 25 feet from any property <br /> line. However, if the apiaries are situated behind a flyover barrier—defined by <br /> Bill 144 as a solid wall, fence, or dense vegetation—they can be located 15 feet <br /> from the property line. <br /> 13. Furthermore, Bill 144 limits the amount of hives to no more than fifteen hives on <br /> lots smaller than twenty thousand square feet while allowing the Planning <br /> Director to grant an exemption for more than fifteen hives on lots that are less <br /> than twenty thousand square feet. <br /> AGENCY–NO COMMENTS/CONCERNS <br /> 14. Department of Public Works – Engineering Division, Police Department, <br /> Department of Health, State Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. <br /> AGENCY–NO RESPONSE PROVIDED <br /> 15. State Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Department of Research <br /> and Development. <br /> PUBLIC CONIMENTS PROVIDED <br /> 16. None as of the date of this writing. <br /> PLANNING ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF BILL 144 <br /> Currently there are minimal standards related to apiaries within HCC Chapter 25 <br /> (Zoning). Apiary activities are currently listed under the definition of `Livestock <br /> Production' and Chapter 25 allows apiaries within two zoning districts, the Agricultural <br /> (A) zoning district and Intensive Agricultural (IA) zoning district. However, apiaries are <br /> only allowed in the listed zoning districts so long as they are located on sites approved by <br /> the State Department of Health and the Planning Director. Furthermore, apiaries have a <br /> setback of one thousand feet from any major roadway or to any district other than the A <br /> -3- <br />