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Board refers beekeeping complaint to committee as Shabbona lacks ordinance
Summary
A resident complaint that backyard beekeeping was causing swarms near an allergic neighbor prompted the board to refer development of a beekeeping ordinance to a committee for research and draft language.
The board received a complaint about backyard beekeeping where hives were swarming into a neighbor’s yard and one neighbor is allergic. The clerk reported that Illinois requires hive registration with the state and that the beekeeper in question had not registered at the time of inquiry but said he would contact the state to comply.
Because Shabbona currently has no beekeeping ordinance, the clerk recommended referring the matter to a committee to determine whether a local ordinance is needed and, if so, what standards to adopt. Trustees voted to send the topic to the development/public-works committee for comparative review of neighboring municipal ordinances and to prepare draft language for future consideration.
