Baldwin Park, CA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)
Key Facts
- Hen chickens allowed
- Up to 3, outdoor, caged
- Roosters
- Not permitted anywhere, §153.120.140(C)
- Eligible zones
- R-1-7,500 and R-1 only
- Setback from buildings
- Minimum 15 feet
- Indoor dog/cat limit
- 3 dogs and 3 cats per unit
- Indoor bird limit
- Up to 10 canaries/finches/parrots
Summary
Baldwin Park allows up to three hen chickens and up to ten other birds outside the home, but only on lots zoned R-1-7,500 or R-1, only caged in the rear yard, and at least 15 feet from any habitable building. Roosters are banned citywide, and indoor pets are separately capped at three dogs and three cats.
(B) Household pets outside a dwelling unit. Each dwelling unit located within the R-1-7,500 and R-1 zone may also contain any combination of the following animals outside the dwelling unit, provided that all such animals are maintained in cages within the rear yard area and are located a minimum of 15 feet away from any habitable building, (1) Up to ten birds. (2) Up to three hen chickens. (C) Roosters. Roosters are not permitted.
Full Breakdown
140, PERMITTED ANIMALS, sets the city's household pet limits. Subsection (A) allows any dwelling unit to keep, inside the unit, up to three weaned domesticated dogs, up to three weaned domesticated cats, and up to ten canaries, finches, parrots and similar birds provided the birds stay inside. Subsection (B) is the outdoor allowance and applies only to dwelling units in the R-1-7,500 and R-1 zones: those lots may also keep, outside the dwelling, any combination of up to ten birds and up to three hen chickens, but only if the animals are maintained in cages within the rear yard area, at least 15 feet from any habitable building.
Subsection (C) is a flat ban: roosters are not permitted, with no zone exception. 020 rather than the three-hen cap. Because the outdoor allowance is tied specifically to the R-1-7,500 and R-1 zones, a lot in a different residential zone, such as a multi-family or mixed-use zone, has no outdoor chicken allowance under this section and is limited to the indoor bird cap in subsection (A). There is no separate provision in the code for larger livestock such as goats, pigs, horses or rabbits kept outdoors on residential lots.
Violations & Fines
Keeping a rooster anywhere in the city, exceeding the three-hen or ten-bird outdoor limit, caging birds closer than 15 feet to a habitable building, or keeping outdoor chickens outside the R-1-7,500 and R-1 zones violates § 153.120.140. As a zoning code violation, Baldwin Park Municipal Code § 10.99 makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 in fines and up to six months in jail, or, if made an infraction, escalating fines up to $100, $200 and $500 for repeat violations within a year.
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