§ 8.20.010 — Definitions

8.20.010 - Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: A. Abate means to exterminate, destroy, eliminate, seize, impound or mitigate. B. Africanized Honey Bees means a population of hybrid bees resulting from a cross between Apus mellifera and Apis mellifera scutellata. C. Apiary includes bees, comb, hive, appliances, or colonies, wherever they are kept, located or found. D. Appliance means any implement or other device which is used in handling and manipulating bees or comb, any container of bees or comb, or any other equipment which is used in the practice of apiculture. E. Bees means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis and includes all life stages of these insects. F. Code Compliance Officer means any person who is authorized to enforce this chapter. G. Colony means one hive and its contents, including bees, comb and appliances. H. Comb includes all materials which are normally deposited into hives by bees but excludes extracted honey or royal jelly, trapped pollen, and processed beeswax. I. Hive means any receptacle or container, or part of any receptacle or container, which is made or prepared for the use of bees, or which is inhabited by bees.

(Ord. 6471 § 1, 1999; Ord. 6392 § 2, 1997; Ord. 4354 § 1 (part), 1976)