Corona, CA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum lot size
- 5,000 square feet
- Maximum flock
- 10 chickens on 20,000+ sq ft lots
- Coop setback
- 10 ft from property line, 100 ft from schools
- License required
- Yes, from Animal Control Bureau
- Roosters
- Prohibited citywide
- Egg sales
- Commercial sale banned
Summary
Corona lets homeowners in single-family zones keep female chickens over six months old on lots of at least 5,000 square feet, with the number allowed scaling up to ten as the lot gets bigger. Corona Code of Ordinances Section 6.20.040 sets the lot-size table, coop distance rules, and bans roosters and commercial egg sales citywide.
(A) Minimum lot size. The keeping of chickens shall be permitted only on lots within single-family residential zones that have a minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet. ... Minimum Lot Size Maximum Number of Chickens: 5,000 to 9,999 sq. ft = 4; 10,000 to 14,999 sq. ft. = 6; 15,000 to 19,999 sq. ft. = 8; 20,000 sq. ft. or more = 10. ... (E) Distance requirement. No person shall maintain any chicken house or coop within ten feet of their property line or within 100 feet of any school, hospital, hotel, day care facility (as defined in Title 17 of this code), health care facility (as described in Chapter 17.73 of this code), food establishment (as defined in Chapter 8.16), restaurant (as defined in Title 17 of this code) or similar institution. ... (G) Roosters prohibited. No person shall keep or maintain any roosters within the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
06 separately covers fowl in agricultural zones. 030 requires a license from the Animal Control Bureau before keeping any chickens, issued once the Bureau confirms the chapter's standards are met, for a fee set by City Council resolution. 040(B)'s table caps the flock at four chickens on lots from 5,000 to 9,999 square feet, six on 10,000 to 14,999 square feet, eight on 15,000 to 19,999 square feet, and ten on lots of 20,000 square feet or more. 010. 040(D) requires clean, odor-free conditions, accessible potable water and food, and bans slaughtering any animal in a single-family zone.
040(E) keeps every coop at least ten feet from the property line and at least 100 feet from any school, hospital, hotel, day care, health care facility, food establishment or restaurant. 040(G) bans keeping any rooster anywhere in the city.
Violations & Fines
Keeping chickens without the required Animal Control Bureau license, keeping a rooster, keeping more birds than the lot-size table allows, or letting chickens run at large is a violation of the Corona Municipal Code. Chapter 6.20 sets no separate penalty, so Section 1.08.020's general rule applies: the offense is a misdemeanor, each day it continues counts as a separate violation, and the condition can also be abated as a public nuisance.
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