Coral Springs, FL Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

City Code § 4-2, the city's restricted animals section, prohibits keeping livestock as pets anywhere in Coral Springs except in RS-1 zoning districts. Section 4-2(c) lists the banned species by name: horses, mules, goats, sheep, hogs, pigs, chickens, emus, ducks, geese, or any other hoofed or grazing animal or fowl. The same chapter extends to wild or untamed animals under § 4-2(a), which makes it unlawful to release any animal, reptile or fowl that is wild and undomesticated, susceptible to rabies without vaccination, or not native to Florida without the required Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission permit.

If code enforcement finds livestock or another restricted animal on a property outside RS-1, § 4-2(d) gives the owner seventy-two hours, or three days, to remove every animal, reptile or fowl in violation. Miss that window and the city can impose a fine on a daily basis for each animal still present past the seventy-two-hour deadline, on top of the base citation. First-time violations of § 4-2 carry a minimum civil penalty of fifty dollars under § 1-8.1(d)(2) of the Municipal Code; a second violation within the fine schedule rises to one hundred dollars, a third to two hundred dollars, and a fourth or subsequent violation can reach the maximum five-hundred-dollar civil penalty under § 1-8.1(e)(2).

RS-1 is the city's low-density single-family zoning district built around larger, rural-style lots, which is why the code carves it out as the one place chickens, goats and similar animals can legally be kept as pets. Anywhere else in Coral Springs, from standard single-family neighborhoods to condos and apartments, keeping backyard chickens or other livestock is a code violation regardless of lot size.