Prior Lake's zoning code (Chapter 10) treats beekeeping as a permitted activity in the Agricultural (A) district and may allow limited beekeeping in some residential districts subject to setback and hive count limits.
Backyard beekeeping in Minnesota is a popular activity, and Prior Lake follows similar metropolitan-area frameworks. Beekeeping is broadly allowed in the Agricultural (A) district. In residential districts (R-S, R-1, R-2, R-3), beekeeping may be permitted as an accessory use subject to hive count limits (typically 2-4 hives on standard residential lots), setbacks from property lines (10+ feet), and screening/flyway barriers (6-foot fence directing bee flight path upward). Aggressive hives that create a nuisance under Chapter 5 can be ordered relocated. Minnesota Department of Agriculture apiary inspection rules also apply.
Maintaining bees in violation of zoning or as a public nuisance is a misdemeanor with fines up to $1,000. The Department of Agriculture can also intervene under state apiary law.
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