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Honey Bee Keeping Regulations ordinance <br /> Page 6 <br /> _ _ _ in. Section 4-16 <br /> permit app_rcant or permit holder o the appeal and hearing procedures set forth .................__,. <br /> of this Code. <br /> Sec. 5-54 Compliance Required; Penalties. <br /> (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain an apiary, hive,or colony in <br /> the City which is not in compliance with this Article. <br /> (b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be issued a citation by <br /> the Department of Code Enforcement which provides for a fine of seventy-five dollars ($75.00 . <br /> per violation payible througji the Ordinance Violations. <br /> (c) Each violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. <br /> (d) Any person who has obtained a honey bee permit and who violates any of the provisions <br /> of this Article three (3) times as evidenced by citations being issued for each Violation, shall have <br /> his/her permit issued under this Article revoked Said person shall not be entitled to have a new <br /> T <br /> permit issued for a minimum of one (1) ypar from said date of revocation and must provide written <br /> , <br /> proof that he/she has completed training on beekeeping by an entity recognized by the Indiana <br /> Depart of Natural^ Resourced De artment of Entomology Division of Entomology & Plant <br /> Pathology Purdue University. Said training must have taken place after the date of the permit <br /> revocation. <br /> (e) Any apiary, hive or colony which threatens public health or safety; or creates„a public <br /> nuisance-, or which has been abandoned is unlawful. The City is authorized to take all reasonable <br /> action including removal and/or destruction of anyapiary, hive or colony which is deemed <br /> necessary. <br /> Sec, 5-55 Exemptions for Zoolozical Parks, Schools, University, College, Etc. <br /> Nothing in this Article shall be deemed or construed to prohibit or restrict the keeping of hone bees <br /> in a hive, stand or box located or kept within a zoological park, school, or university building or <br /> educational not for profit entity for the_purpose of_study or observation. <br /> Section 111. Chapter 2, Article 19, Section 2-213 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall <br /> be amended by the inclusion of the following and inserted into the chart in proper numerical <br /> order: <br /> 5-54 Hone Bee Keqping Regulations $75.00 <br />