Kern County Beekeeping Regulations

See ordinance for additional regulations including registration, water supply, hive identification, 200ft distance from swimming pools and air strips.

Land classified in the R-S suburban residential zone may also be classified in the E zones, and all permitted uses and regulations in the R-S zone shall be the same as the R-1 zone, excepting that the following additional uses would be permitted when the R-S zone is so used:1.Breeding, hatching, raising and fattening of poultry, fowl, birds, rabbits, chinchillas, fish, frogs and bees for domestic use; 17.28.020- honey extraction and processing permitted, not including the on-site keeping of bees.

A. All permitted uses and regulations in the RS zone shall be the same as the R-1 zone, except that the following additional uses are permitted: 1. Breeding, hatching, raising and keeping of poultry, fowl, rabbits, chinchillas, Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, fish, frogs and bees for the domestic use of the resident/occupant of the lot.

permitted in the RA District: Agricultural uses, including the keeping of… bees

Permitted Within the Agricultural District (Table 7-A)

In the City of Maricopa, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

Permitted: Bees, provided that not more than six colonies may be maintained on one lot.

In the City of Ridgecrest, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

Keeping of Animals in agriculural zones; beekeeping could be allowed after a risk assessment is made.

Permitted in Agricultural zone. If noncommercial apiary, then distance from road/dwellings must be met

In the City of Tehachapi, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

Allowed in agricultural zones identified in table 17-3