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Councilmember Shachner delivered the following oral communication: Back in March I submitted a communication regarding the creating of a beekeeping ordinance that was referred to the Housing, Planning, & Development Committee. We did have one meeting in early March where we sought input from the President of the Ohio State Beekeepers Association along with thee beekeepers, including one Lakewood beekeeper. There was a lot of information, insight, and great recommendations. The purpose of this communication is just to introduce the ordinance that will allow beekeeping to occur officially. We do have 23 active hives that are registered with the Ohio Department of Agriculture. This will allow us to provide some regulation, rules of the road, and to keep track of what bees are where and when. I am going to ask that the ordinance be referred simultaneously to the Planning Commission and the Housing, Planning, & Development Committee. Motion by Councilmember Shachner, seconded by President O'Malley to receive & file the communication. Discussion: Councilmember Rader remarked that he recently spoke with a beekeeper who instilled in him the importance of bees and beekeeping and their role in pollinating the fields and expressed support for the ordinance. A roll call vote was conducted as follows: Yeas - Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner Nays -none Motion passed. 9. ORDINANCE 14-2020 - AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council to amend Section 505.18, Certain Animals Prohibited, Section 1121.03, Permitted Accessory Uses, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, Section 1123.03, Permitted Accessory Uses, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, and Section 1127.03, Permitted Accessory Uses, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, to permit the keeping of bees in the City of Lakewood. (pg. 18) Motion by Councilmember Shachner, seconded by President O'Malley to refer Ordinance 14-2020 to Planning Commission & Housing, Planning, & Development Committee. A roll call vote was conducted as follows: Yeas - Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner Nays -none Motion passed. Ordinance 14-2020 referred to Planning Commission & Housing, Planning, & Development Committee.