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Murrysville residents urge council to distinguish backyard beekeeping after citation
Summary
A Murrysville resident told council he was cited under zoning rules that classify bees as livestock; neighbors and educators asked the municipality to create separate rules for hobby beekeepers and the solicitor urged a timely appeal while council agreed to investigate ordinance changes.
Carl DiPietro, a Murrysville resident and backyard beekeeper, told the council he was cited under local rules that treat honeybees like livestock and said the citation requires 10 acres to keep bees.
DiPietro told the council, “I'm a backyard beekeeper, and I kept the bees for over 10 years.” He said he maintains three registered hives and has broad neighborhood support, presenting a packet of signed statements from neighbors and letters from schools where he has given presentations.
The matter drew more than a half-dozen speakers during community input, many of them neighbors who described regular contact with the hives and offered firsthand accounts of no negative incidents. Neighbor Bob Myers said the…
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