Resident urges Murrysville to ease beekeeping rules; planning commission considering zoning change
During public comment David Bosetti said he was cited for keeping honey bees under an ordinance that requires 10 acres; staff confirmed the planning commission is reviewing a draft ordinance to remove animal husbandry from R2/R3 and eliminate conditional‑use hearings for beekeeping before council consideration.
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Resident David Bosetti told council he was cited last June under the borough code (chapter 220, article 6, section 2265) that currently treats beekeeping as agricultural/animal‑husbandry use requiring 10 acres. Bosetti said backyard beekeepers perform community and youth mentoring and urged the borough to allow smaller, non‑commercial beekeeping.
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