Lee County, AL Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)

4(1) defines "Commercial farm" as a tract used for the commercial production, keeping or maintenance, for sale or lease, of plants and animals useful to man, and it names "bees and apiary products" among the listed farming activities alongside poultry, livestock and nursery operations. A hobbyist keeping a hive for personal use rather than sale instead falls under "Hobby or recreational farm": a tract used for the production, keeping or maintenance of farm animals personally useful to the occupants of a dwelling on the same tract.

7 marks "Commercial farm" "P" (Permitted) in the Rural Preserve, Corridor and Rural Center districts and "N" in the Special District; "Hobby or recreational farm" carries the identical P/P/P/N pattern. 2. 2 requires the activity to meet all other applicable standards, and none of it applies outside an election beat that adopted zoning. 4, who may assign an unlisted or borderline use to the classification of similar impact.