[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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