West Jordan, UT Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)

Article H of chapter 3 governs honeybees citywide. 12, or its successor covering honeybee management. Section 6-3H-2 layers on a state-law mandate: every beekeeper must be registered with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, and hives must be operated and maintained as provided in the Utah Bee Inspection Act at title 4, chapter 11 of the Utah Code, folding the state registration and inspection scheme directly into city law. Section 6-3H-3 then sets physical siting rules keyed to lot size: on any lot smaller than twenty thousand square feet, a hive must sit at least five feet from every property line, and any hive placed between five and fifteen feet from a property line must be screened by a six-foot flyway barrier made of fencing, a wall, or dense foliage, forcing the bees to fly up and over rather than across a neighbor's yard at head height.

On every lot, regardless of size, an apiary bordering a public walk or street must be separated from it by a fence or wall that complies with title 13 of the City Code, the city's zoning and land use title. These three sections were adopted together under Ordinance 12-20 on September 26, 2012, and none has been amended since.