Beekeeping is banned in Lynwood. The municipal code makes it unlawful to keep any stand or hive of bees anywhere within city limits, reflecting the city's dense urban character and small residential lots.
LMC 8-1.14 lists the animals prohibited within Lynwood, and subsection (d) expressly includes 'Any stand or hive of bees.' There is no residential beekeeping allowance, hive-count limit, or permit pathway in the code. The only exceptions in LMC 8-1.14 e are animals brought in for an authorized parade or public exhibition for its duration, and animals in a Lynwood Unified School District educational program; a hobby beehive at a home does not qualify. Because California treats bees as agricultural livestock, any lawful apiary elsewhere must also register annually with the county Agricultural Commissioner under Food and Agricultural Code 29040, but in Lynwood the local ban controls and hives may not be kept at all.
Keeping a beehive is a municipal code violation. Animal Control may order removal and abate the hive as a prohibited animal and public nuisance (LMC 8-1.14, 8-1.21). Violations are infractions subject to administrative citations and fines under LMC Chapter 20.
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