For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this article are defined as follows:
Apiary
means bees, hives and appliances wherever the same are kept, located or found. Bees mean honey-producing insects of the special Apis mellifera, including the adults, eggs, larvae, pupae or other immature states thereof, together with such materials as are deposited into hives by their adults, except honey and rendered beeswax.
Hives
mean any receptacle or container made or prepared for the use of bees, or a box or similar container of which bees have taken possession.
Location
means any premises upon which an apiary is located.
(§ 1, Ord. 367, eff. January 14, 1994)
No apiary shall be moved into the Town or within the confines of the Town without notice in writing being given to the Town's City Manager within five days from the date movement is begun, stating:
(a) 
The number of colonies of bees to be moved into or within the Town.
(b) 
The location of the property in the Town to which bees are to be moved, and the name and address of the owner of the property or person in possession thereof.
(c) 
The distance of the proposed location of the apiary from the nearest public road intersection.
(§ 1, Ord. 367, eff. January 14, 1994)
No apiary shall be located:
(a) 
At a distance less than 1,000 feet from the nearest residence, church, school, public building, swimming pool, corral, or water area in a corral unless the owner or persons in possession thereof gives written permission to the location of said apiary at a closer distance.
(b) 
On any lands without the written consent of the owner or person in possession thereof.
(c) 
Closer than 300 feet from any public road. Provided that, if the Town's City Manager receives a complaint from any resident about the proximity of bees from an apiary, the Town's City Manager may require the apiary to be relocated.
(§ 1, Ord. 367, eff. January 14, 1994)
A water supply adequate in quantity for the apiary must be provided and maintained.
(§ 1, Ord. 367, eff. January 14, 1994)
Every person maintaining any apiary on premises other than that of his or her residence shall identify such apiary by affixing and maintaining a sign thereto showing the name of the owner or person in possession of the apiary, his or her address and telephone number, or a statement that he or she has no phone. Said sign shall be prominently placed and maintained on the entrance side of the apiary and immediately adjoining the same and lettered in black at least one inch in height on a white or light background.
(§ 1, Ord. 367, eff. January 14, 1994)