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Honey Bee Keeping Regulations Ordinance Page 6 permit qpplicant or permit holder of the appeal and hearing_ procedures set forth in Section 4 -16 of this Code. Sec. 5 -54 Compliance Required; Penalties. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain an apiary, hive, or colon in the City which is not in compliance with this Article. (b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be issued a citation by the Department of Code Enforcement which provides for a fine of seventy -five dollars ($75.00) per violation payable through the Ordinance Violations. (c) Each violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. (d) Any person who has obtained a honeybee permit and who violates any of the provisions of this Article three (3) times as evidenced by citations being issued for each violation, shall have his /her permit issued under this Article revoked Said person shall not be entitled to have a new permit issued for a minimum of one (1) year from said date of revocation and must provide written proof that he /she has completed training on beekeeping by an entity recognized by the Indiana Depart of Natural Resourced Department of Entomology Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology Purdue University. Said training must have taken place after the date of the permit revocation. (e) Any apiary, hive or colony which threatens public health or safety; or creates a public nuisance, which has been abandoned is unlawful. The City is authorized to take all reasonable action including removal and/or destruction of any apiary, hive or colony which is deemed necessary. Sec. 5 -55 Exemptions for Zoological Parks, Schools, University, College, Etc. Nothing in this Article shall be deemed or construed to prohibit or restrict the keeping; of honey bees in a hive stand or box located or kept within a zoolo ig cal park, school, or university building or educational not for profit entity for the purpose of study or observation. Section III. Chapter 2, Article 19, Section 2 -213 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be amended by the inclusion of the following and inserted into the chart in proper numerical order: 5 -54 Honey Bee Keeping Regulations $75.00