012-20 - Ordinance - Relating to Nuisances, Amending POMC 9.30.020 Pertaining to BeekeepingORDINANCE NO. OL2.2O
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
REIATING TO NUISANCES; AMENDING PORT ORCHARD
MUNlCtPAL CODE SECTION 9.30.020, PERTAINING TO BEEKEEPING;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILIW; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapters7.48 and 9.56 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW),
the City of Port Orchard is delegated authority to establish civil and criminal procedures for
regulating and abating public nuisances, defined as conditions that negatively impact the public's
health and safety; and
WHEREAS, the City's existing regulations for public nuisances are codified at Port Orchard
Municipal Code (POMC) Chapter 9.30; and
WHEREAS, due to complaints from the public regarding beekeeping activities that
jeopardize or endanger the public, the City Council desires to control beekeeping as a nuisance
under certain conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this Ordinance and the amendments to POMC
Chapter 9.30 herein are consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and regulations, and are
in the best interests of the residents of the City and further advance the public health, safety and
welfare; now, therefore,
THE CtW COUNCIL OF THE CIW OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTI oN 1.Findings and Recitals. The recitals set forth above are hereby adopted and
incorporated as findings in support of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Amendment. POMC Section 9.30.020, Types of nuisances, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
9.30.020 TyPes of nuisances'
Each of the following conditions, unless otherwise permitted by law, is declared
to constitute a public nuisance and whenever the enforcement officer determines that
any of these conditions exist upon any premises or in any lake, river, stream, drainageway,
or wetlands, the officer may require or provide for the abatement thereof pursuant to
this chapter:
(1) The existence of any weeds, trash, dirt, filth, the carcass of any animal, waste,
shrubs, accumulation of lawn or yard trimmings or other offensive matter;
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(18) The existence of any goods, merchandise, or property of any kind on any streets,
alleys or sidewalks of the city, wtrich unreasonably obstructs pedestrian or vehicula r traffic,;
(191 The keeping of hives of honey bees or other stinging insects in or upon their property
or premises, that are: (a) defensive or exhibit objectionable behavior, including swarming, or
which interfere with the normal use of property, or the enfoyment of persons, animals, or
adjacent propefi; (b) abandoned hives; (c) diseased bep;s I hives; or (dl all other nests
(colonies) of stinging insects such as yellow jackets, hornets, and wasps which exhibit
objectionable behavior or interfere with normal use of property, or the enjoyment of persons,
animals, or adjacent property.
sEcTloN 2.Corrections- Upon the approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and/or code
publisher is authorized to make any necessary technical corrections to this ordinance, including
but not limited to the correction of scrivene/s/clencal errors, references, ordinance numbering,
section/subsectaon numbers, and any reference thereto.
SECTION 3. SeverabiliW. lf any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutionalor invalid for any reason, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this ordinance.
SECnOil 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be published in the official newspaper of
the city and shalltake full force and effect five (5) days after the date of publication. A summary
of thas ordinance in the form of the ordinance title may be published in lieu of publishing the
ordinance in its entirety.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 266 day of May 2O2O-
ATTEST:Robert Putaan Mayor
City Clerk
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PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
June 5,202O
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Scott , Councilmember
NOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ORDINANCE
The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City Council at their regular Council
meeting held May 26,2020.
oRDtNANCE NO. Ot2-20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
RELATING TO NUISANCES; AMENDING PORT ORCHARD
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9.30.020, PERTAIN!NG TO BEEKEEPING;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILIW; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Copies of Ordinance No. 012-20 are available for review at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Port Orchard.
Upon written request, a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed to any interested person without
charge. Thirty days after publication, copies of Ordinance No. 012-20 will be provided at a nominal charge.
Published: Friday, June 5, 2020