That the findings contained in the preamble of this article
are hereby adopted as a part of this article.
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.
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.
LOT
A contiguous parcel of land under common ownership.
NUCLEUS COLONY
A small quantity of bees with a queen housed in a smaller
than usual hive box designed for a particular purpose.
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 associations
therewith. The term shall be deemed to include property developed
exclusively as a street or highway or property used for commercial
agricultural purposes.
A designated Borough official shall have the right to inspect
any apiary for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this article
between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. once annually upon prior notice to
the owner of the apiary property, and more often upon complaint without
prior notice.
For the purpose of enforcing Borough ordinances against destruction
of property, each colony/hive shall be presumed to have a value of
$275.
In the event any part of this article or its application to
any person or property is held to be unenforceable for any reason,
the unenforceability thereof will not affect the enforceability and
application of the remainder of this article, which will remain in
full force and effect.