Bellflower, CA Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Bellflower Municipal Code Chapter 6.04 (Animal Control) regulates dangerous and vicious dogs by conduct rather than by breed. Any dog having a disposition or propensity to attack or bite a person or animal without provocation is defined as a wild or vicious animal, and where the Director's official records indicate a dog has bitten a person or animal on two or more separate occasions, that is prima facie evidence the dog is wild or vicious. The Director may notify the owner in writing to confine such an animal within a substantial enclosure or by adequate restraint, and a vicious or dangerous animal may not be allowed at large on any public place or on private property outside the owner's enclosed premises. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 permits cities to adopt dangerous-dog programs but expressly bars ordinances that are specific to a particular breed (breed-specific spay/neuter and breeding programs are an exception). No fetched Bellflower source shows a breed ban for pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any other breed. Owners remain strictly liable for dog-bite injuries under California Civil Code Section 1714.