[ocba] Petition to allow bees inside city limits
Terri Buckner
tbuckner at ibiblio.org
Sat Apr 11 11:50:38 EDT 2009
Chapel Hill's land use ordinances classify bees as livestock and, as
such, does not allow them within residential zoning districts. One of
the students with the Carolina Garden Coop and I will be submitting a
petition to the Chapel Hill Town Council on Wednesday night (April 15)
to have this ordinance revised. We want the town to allow 1-2 hives in
backyards. If any of you have the time or interest in coming to support
the petition or writing to the town council members, we would appreciate
your support. I know there are hives in town, but the University cannot
knowingly break the law. The meeting is on Wednesday this week and there
is a public hearing on the budget before they open the floor to citizen
petitions. So there's no way of estimating what time we may be allowed
to present.
Terri Buckner
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