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2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 <br /> <br />---- 14 <br /> 15 <br /> 16 <br /> 17 <br /> 18 <br /> 19 <br /> 20 <br /> 21 <br /> 22 <br /> 23 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br /> 26 <br /> <br />""' 27 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 6471 <br /> <br />AN ORDNANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 8.20 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL <br />CODE IN ITS ENTIRETY BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 8.20 <br />TO PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY EXTERMINATION OF NUISANCE <br />BEES <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Riverside, California, does ordain as follows: <br /> <br />Section 1: Chapter 8.20 of the Riverside Municipal Code is amended in its entirety by <br /> <br />adding the following new chapter: <br /> <br />Sections: <br /> <br />8.20.00E <br />8.20.010 <br />8.20.020 <br />8.20.030 <br />8.20.040 <br />8.20.050 <br />8.20.060 <br />8.20.070 <br />8.20.080 <br />8.20.090 <br />8.20.100 <br />8.20.110 <br /> <br />Editor's note to Chapter 8.20. <br />Definitions. <br />Nuisance bees; duty to exterminate. <br />Nuisance bees; notice to abate. <br />Nuisance bees; abatement by City. <br />Nuisance bees; summary abatement. <br />Placement and identification of apiaries. <br />Water supply. <br />Public nuisance; duty to abate. <br />Public nuisance; enforcement. <br />Penalty for violation. <br />Injunction. <br /> <br />8.20.00E Editor's note to Chapter 8.20. <br />* Prior ordinance history: Ord. 4112. <br /> <br />8.20.010 Definitions. <br /> For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the <br />meanings respectively ascribed to them: <br /> A. "Abate" means to exterminate, destroy, eliminate, seize, impound or mitigate. <br /> B. "Africanized Honey Bees" means a population of hybrid bees resulting from a <br />cross between Apus mellifera and Apis mellifera scutellata. <br /> C. "Apiary" includes bees, comb, hive, appliances, or colonies, wherever they are <br />kept, located or found. <br /> D. "Appliance" means any implement or other device which is used in handling <br />and manipulating bees or comb, any container of bees or comb, or any other equipment <br />which is used in the practice of apiculture. <br /> E. "Bees" means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis and includes all life <br />stages of these insects. <br /> F. "Colony" means one hive and its contents, including bees, comb and <br />appliances. <br />G. "Comb" includes all materials which are normally deposited into hives by <br />bees, but excludes extracted honey or royal jelly, trapped pollen, and processed beeswax. <br />H. "Hive" means any receptacle or container, or part of any receptacle or <br />container, which is made or prepared for the use of bees, or which is inhabited by bees. <br /> I. "Code Compliance Officer" means any person who is authorized to enforce this <br />chapter. <br /> (Ord. 6392 § 2, 1997; Ord. 4354 § 1 (part), 1976) <br /> <br />City Attorney's Office <br />3900 Main Street <br />Riverside, CA 92522 <br />(909) 782-5567 <br /> <br />G:\LEG\WPDATA\ORD\98177201. SG <br /> <br /> <br />