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Campbell council updates beekeeping rules, limits hives by lot size and eases setback requirements
Summary
After extensive public comment from 4‑H members, beekeepers and residents, the Campbell City Council introduced and waived further reading of an ordinance (file PLN‑2025‑148) to modernize chapter 7.28 of the municipal code, replacing near‑prohibitive setbacks with smaller limits and lot‑size‑based hive allowances.
The Campbell City Council on March 3 introduced an ordinance amending Campbell Municipal Code section 7.04.010 and chapter 7.28 to modernize local beekeeping rules and align the code with regional best practices.
Planner Steven Rose told the council the city’s 2014 code had become effectively prohibitive — by one measure requiring hives to stand 1,000 feet from residences — and staff proposed replacing that approach with smaller setbacks, registration aligned with state law and a limit of one hive per property with an additional hive allowed for every 5,000 square feet of lot area. Rose said properties with…
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