town zoning, I need a minimum of 2 acres for 'small livestock' which they define as ponies, goats, sheep, and poultry. We could get a special use permit, but the town would have to put a thing in the paper announcing that we were looking to do this 60 or 90 days prior to getting started. Then there would be a town meeting that any neighbors could come and voice their concerns/complaints. Then, if we have to put up any structure (including fencing) we need a work permit to do that.
so instead we got bees