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Report regarding introduction of an ordinance amending Title 20 (Zoning) of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to revise Section 20.350.007 (Animal Keeping) related to beekeeping regulations to expand beekeeping as a permitted accessory use to all zoning districts and to broaden standards related to beekeeping, and determination that the proposed Zoning amendments are exempt from CEQA. (Cecelia Mariscal, Associate Planner)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing, follow the recommendations of the Planning Commission, and take the following actions:
1. Determine that the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15308; and
2. Waive reading and introduce an Ordinance amending Title 20 (Zoning) of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to revise Section 20.350.007 (Animal Keeping) related to beekeeping regulations to expand beekeeping as a permitted accessory use to all zoning districts and to broaden standards related to beekeeping.
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BACKGROUND
The South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC) Title 20, Section 20.350.007 (Animal Keeping) currently regulates animal keeping in residential districts, and includes required performance standards, such as the type and number of animals permitted. Section 20.350.007 defines "household pets" and "domestic animals," and allows them to be kept as an "accessory use to a primary single-unit detached dwelling" subject to requirements restricting the number of domestic animals (chicken, hens, rabbits, guinea pigs or similar small animals) that can be kept depending on lot size, permitting requirements which apply to livestock, and where animal shelters can be placed on a lot.
Animal keeping includes backyard beekeeping, which is currently permitted as an accessory use to residential uses. Beekeeping requires administrative approval of an apiary (beehive) registration thro...
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