N.C. beekeeper facing jail for violating ordinance
LOUISBURG (AP) — A Louisburg woman is facing possible jail time over a local ordinance that she feels is unfair and unconstitutional.
WRAL-TV reports that Pat Walker is scheduled to face a judge Tuesday to determine whether she will go to jail for 20 days and be forced to give up her beehives.
Walker said her family started keeping honeybees last March. After two months, the family received a letter from Louisburg police telling them they were violating a town ordinance saying hives have to be at least 75 feet from a neighbor's property line.
Louisburg Councilman Boyd Sturges said the ordinance doesn't restrict most homeowners from keeping bees, but he couldn't estimate the percentage of homes that would be allowed to keep bees and still abide by the 75-feet rule.
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