Miramar, FL Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)

4 of the Land Development Code ("Bees") starts from the premise that Florida, not the city, licenses beekeeping operations, citing Fla. 055 for apiaries on agricultural land and Chapter 586's Florida Honey Certification and Honeybee Law. But the LDC does not stop at deferring to the state: it adds two site-specific standards that apply inside city limits regardless of zoning district. First, a beekeeper must post signage within 100 feet of the beekeeping activity so passersby are on notice that bees are present. Second, and more restrictive in practice, no beehive may be located closer than 150 feet from a property line, a setback distance that rules out beekeeping on most standard single-family lots in Miramar's RS and RM districts and effectively confines legal apiaries to larger parcels such as E (estate), RL, or agricultural-scale properties.

The section is short and does not create a separate permit process, inspection fee, or hive-count cap; compliance is folded into the general obligation to follow state statutory regulations for beekeeping. Because the LDC provision sits inside Article III ("Special Uses") of Chapter 4, Zoning, violations are enforced the same way as other zoning-code violations in Miramar, through the city's code compliance process and the Special Magistrate, rather than through the state's honeybee law itself. 4 even if their state apiary registration with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is otherwise in order.