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Honey Bee Keeping Regulations Ordinance <br />Page 2 <br />� m, GvitorW&&w2( by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana, as follows: <br />Section I. Chapter 5, Article 3, Section 5 -15 (a) and (d) of the South Bend Municipal <br />Code are amended to read as follows with all other said provisions remaining in effect: <br />Sec. 5 -15. Acreage Requirements for Certain Domestic Animals <br />(a) Any person desiring to raise any of the following named domestic animals or fowl <br />must have a minimum of five (5) contiguous acres in land: <br />(7) Bees. Reserved. <br />(1) i f bee eelep:e� <br />a kept <br />fifty icm feet <br />of e e -:e« <br />beianda -, f <br />�I f 11 VVV VVIV111VJ <br />pFepeFty on whieh <br />that will prevent <br />LIIL within <br />the hive, stand <br />been &e., flying <br />or- box is <br />tb,,,,& it <br />xte, <br />7 <br />e <br />/3 )The bees and equipment <br />� / y "'Y"'v <br />statutes. <br />Nothing in this seetien shall be deemed <br />shall be <br />� shall w <br />kept in aeoefdanee <br />to <br />with the <br />the keeping bees <br />of St at <br />in hive, <br />or- box leeated or- kept within <br />or eenstmed <br />pr-ehibit <br />of <br />building fer- <br />a st <br />a zoological <br />study or- ebsen;atie . <br />park, seheel, <br />or university <br />the pufpese ef <br />Section 1I. Chapter 5 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be amended by the <br />inclusion of new Article 10 which shall read in its entirety as follows: <br />Article 10. Honey Bee Keeping Regulations. <br />Sec. 5 -50 Legislative Findings. <br />(a) The Common Council finds that honey bees can be maintained within Po elated <br />areas without causing a nuisance, if honey bees are properly located, managed and maintained <br />(b) Honey bees are a benefit to society by pollinating flowers, gardens and trees and <br />thereby contributing to the local ecosystem, as well as furnishing honey, wax and other useful <br />products. <br />(c) The regulations set forth in this Article are in the best interests of the health safety <br />