St. Clair County has no dedicated beekeeping ordinance. In unincorporated areas, keeping bees is treated as an agricultural use tied to your zoning district. Illinois regulates apiary registration and disease statewide, and cities may set their own hive rules.
The St. Clair County Animal Services Code covers only animals that can carry rabies, so it does not address bees. There is no separate county beekeeping ordinance. In the unincorporated county, beekeeping falls under the Zoning Code as an agricultural activity - most naturally in the 'A' Agricultural Industry or RR Rural Residential districts, whose permitted uses embrace general agriculture. Statewide, the Illinois Bees and Apiaries Act (510 ILCS 20) requires beekeepers to register colonies with the Illinois Department of Agriculture and governs inspection and disease control. If your parcel lies inside an incorporated city or village, check that municipality's ordinance for hive setbacks and hive-count limits.
No county beekeeping penalty exists. Failure to register colonies under the state Bees and Apiaries Act, or maintaining bees as a nuisance, is enforced by the Illinois Department of Agriculture or via county nuisance provisions.
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