Chino, CA Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)
Key Facts
- Regulated as
- Prohibited home occupation
- Other banned home biz
- Gun sales, barber shops, animal breeding
- Not addressed
- Noncommercial hobby beekeeping caps
- Adopted
- Ord. 2010-05, 2010
Summary
Chino bars beekeeping from operating as a home occupation, listing it by name among the business types expressly prohibited from being run out of a residence.
D.Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited as home occupations:1.Gun and/or ammunition sales.2.Barber and beauty shops, physical therapy, psychotherapy, or similar personal services.3.Businesses which involve the harboring, training, breeding, raising, grooming, or veterinary care of cats, dogs or other animals on the premises.4.Carpentry, cabinet making or furniture refinishing.5.Bee keeping.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Chino Municipal Code § 20.21.040(D) lists uses that may never be permitted as a home occupation, a licensed home-based business run from a residence. "Bee keeping" is item 5, alongside gun/ammunition sales, barber and beauty shops, and businesses that harbor, train, breed, or groom animals. This is the only apiary-specific text in the Chino code: the animal-keeping table at § 20.21.030 does not list bees at all, so Chino has no separate numeric or setback standard for a private, noncommercial backyard hive, only a flat ban on operating a beekeeping business from a home. Adopted by Ord. 2010-05, § 1(exh. A), 2010, amended by Ord. 2013-003, §§ 24-27, 2013, and Ord. 2016-005, § 14, 2016.
Violations & Fines
Operating a beekeeping or honey-sales business from a Chino residence violates § 20.21.040(D)(5); the city can deny or revoke the home occupation permit and pursue code enforcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I sell honey from bees kept at my Chino home?
Does Chino set numeric limits for a backyard hobby hive?
Sources & Official References
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