Grand Prairie, TX Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)

Sec. 5-32 is a single sentence: hives may not sit within one hundred feet of the nearest private residence, full stop. Grand Prairie doesn't layer a beekeeping permit, an annual registration, a colony-count limit, or a required water-source rule on top of that setback anywhere else in Chapter 5, unlike its rules for potbellied pigs under Sec. 5-26, which requires a twenty-five dollar application and annual vaccination, or constrictor snakes under Sec. 5-34, which requires an approved application before the animal can be kept. Because beekeeping sits inside the same chapter as every other animal-keeping rule, it is subject to the chapter's general enforcement powers: the animal services manager has a right of entry under Sec.

5-60 to inspect any premises necessary to check compliance, without needing a warrant if an imminent health hazard exists, and can seek a search warrant under Sec. 5-62 if entry is refused and there is probable cause of a violation. Sec. 5-63 frames the chapter's protections as reasonable regulatory measures based on scientific and professional judgment and disclaims city liability for damages from reliance on the ordinance, while Sec. 5-64 shields individual officers and employees from personal liability for acts within their official duties, with the city attorney defending any resulting suit.