Cedar Park, TX Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)
Key Facts
- Flock cap
- 15 fowl per lot (ES/SR)
- Rooster limit
- 1 rooster maximum
- Coop setback
- 25 feet from property lines
- Zoning
- 1+ acre DR/ES/SR lots only
Summary
Cedar Park allows chickens and other fowl only on one-acre-plus lots in Estate Residential or Suburban Residential zoning, capping flocks at fifteen birds including no more than one rooster.
No person may possess, harbor, or maintain any type of livestock or fowl within the corporate limits of the City... In ES and SR districts, fowl shall be limited to no more than fifteen (15) total per lot or parcel, including no more than one (1) rooster... except that in RA districts, fowl may be kept or harbored free of such confinement, so long as the fowl remains on its owner's lot... All cages, pens, coops, and enclosures in which fowl are kept or harbored shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet away from any property lines.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4973212; v14 updated 2026-06-25).
Full Breakdown
Article 2.05 bars keeping fowl anywhere in the city unless the lot is at least one acre and zoned Estate Residential (ES) or Suburban Residential (SR); on qualifying ES/SR lots, no more than fifteen fowl total, including at most one rooster, may be kept, and each bird needs at least three square feet of covered coop space. Coops must sit twenty-five feet from property lines. In Rural Agricultural (RA) districts fowl may range free of confinement, but flocks everywhere must be kept for the residents' direct benefit, never commercial sale.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the fifteen-bird or one-rooster cap, keeping fowl outside a qualifying ES/SR/RA lot, or ignoring the coop setback is a Class C misdemeanor, and Animal Control may impound violating fowl at the owner's expense.
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