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Commission agrees to research allowing beekeeping in single-family zones

2097471 · January 9, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff will research zoning changes to permit beekeeping on single-family lots after a resident asked the commission to reconsider existing restrictions that allow beekeeping only in rural holding districts.

The Cottage Grove Planning Commission directed staff to research a potential zoning amendment to allow beekeeping in single-family residential districts after hearing from a resident who keeps bees and from neighbors.

Planning staff said beekeeping is already allowed in the village’s rural holding district but not in single-family residential zones. Aaron, a planning staff member, explained the issue began with a complaint…

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