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Planning commission advances backyard beekeeping text amendment to Board with staff-recommended regulations

Warren County Planning Commission · January 14, 2026
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Summary

The commission found zoning text amendment Z-2025-090 appropriate and forwarded changes to allow backyard beekeeping in R1 with limits (2 hives per quarter-acre; up to 6 per acre; 200-foot exemption, setbacks, flyway barriers) to the Board of Supervisors.

The Warren County Planning Commission voted to forward a proposed amendment to Chapter 180 of the County Code that would permit backyard beekeeping as an accessory use in the Residential-1 zoning district and add supplementary regulations.

Planning staff told the commission the draft ordinance would add subsection 180–22(c)(7) and a new section…

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