As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have
the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context of their
usage indicates another usage:
APIARY
The assembly of one or more colonies of bees at a single
location.
BEE or BEES
A honeybee or honeybees, as hereinafter defined.
BEEKEEPER
A person who owns or has charge of one or more colonies of
bees.
BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT
Anything used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive
bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractors.
COLONY
An aggregate of bees consisting principally of workers, but
having, when perfect, one queen and at times drones, brood, combs,
and honey.
HIVE
The receptacle inhabited by a colony that is manufactured
for that purpose.
HONEYBEE
All life stages of the common domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera
species.
LICENSE
A license issued hereunder by the Department of Community
Planning and Economic Development.
[Amended 4-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 03-2019]
LOT
A contiguous parcel of land under common ownership. The word
"lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
NUCLEUS COLONY
A small quantity of bees with a queen housed in a smaller
than usual hive box designed for a particular purpose.
PERSON
Any individual, company, unincorporated association, corporation,
limited liability company or other similar entity.
SIGN
Any device for visual communication that is used to bring
the subject or information to the attention of the public. Signs include
signs affixed to windows or glass doors or otherwise internally mounted
such that they are intended to be seen and understood by vehicular
or pedestrian traffic outside the building. Signs do not include architectural
features which may be identified with a particular business; signs
within a building which are obviously intended to be seen primarily
from within the building; flags of governments or government agencies;
and display of merchandise either behind store windows or outdoors.
UNDEVELOPED LAND
Any land that is undeveloped, or if previously developed,
land that has been allowed to return naturally to an undeveloped state.
UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY
Any idle land that is not improved or actually in the process
of being improved with residential, commercial, industrial, church,
park, school or governmental facilities or other structures or improvements
intended for human occupancy and the grounds maintained in association
therewith. The term shall be deemed to include property developed
exclusively as a street or highway or property used for commercial
agricultural purposes.
USED or OCCUPIED
As applied to any land or building, shall be construed to
include the words "inended, arranged of designed to be occupied."