Chandler, AZ Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Sec. 14-3 of the Animals chapter applies citywide, in every zoning district, not just agricultural or rural-zoned parcels: no animal or fowl of any kind, except household pets and chickens kept under Article III, may be kept within 200 feet of the residence of any person other than the animal's owner, unless that person signs a written consent allowing it. In practice a Chandler resident who wants to keep a horse, goat, pig, or other livestock animal must either site the animal more than 200 feet from every neighboring residence, or obtain a signed written consent from each neighbor whose residence falls inside that radius.

The rule sits in Chapter 14's Article I general provisions, ahead of the chapter's dog-specific Article II, and carries no misdemeanor classification of its own, so violations default to the citywide general penalty in Sec. 3, a Class 1 misdemeanor. The 200-foot rule is separate from, and stacks with, the density limits in the AG-1 Agricultural District's Sec. 35-401(4)(a), which caps livestock raising and grazing at one animal per 7,000 square feet of lot area in agrarian subdivisions, limits hogs over 50 pounds to one per 35,000 square feet, and requires a stock-tight fence or corral set back at least 100 feet from the front property line.

A Chandler property owner keeping livestock therefore has to satisfy both the citywide 200-foot neighbor-consent rule and, if the parcel sits in AG-1 zoning, the district's own density and fencing standards, the two regimes are cumulative, not alternatives.