Rohnert Park, CA Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)

Rohnert Park's citywide zoning code does not separately regulate backyard beehives, but the Sonoma Mountain Village Planned Development, a form-based specific plan district on the city's south side, does. 840, lists two distinct beekeeping uses. 'Beekeeping-Residential Yard (up to 2 hives)' is marked 'P,' permitted by right, in the T3 Sub-Urban and T4 General Urban transect zones, with no listing in the T5, T6, CS, CP, CB or T7 designations. 'Beekeeping-Commercial Roof (up to 10 hives)' carries footnote 7 and is marked 'P' in the T5, T6, CP and CB zones; footnote 7 requires the hives to sit a minimum of twenty feet away from the property line.

Neither use appears in the table's 'Additional Use Regulations' column, so no separate permit chapter applies beyond the land use table itself; a use marked 'P' is allowed outright once any applicable building or accessory-structure permit is pulled. Property owners outside the SVPD's mapped transect zones, meaning most of Rohnert Park, are not covered by this specific hive-count and setback standard; this run did not locate a citywide numeric hive limit outside the SVPD. 830.