Eastvale, CA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

05, adopted by Ordinance No. 2011-04 in the city's first year, regulates crowing roosters two months of age or older. Sec. 010 requires anyone keeping seven or more such roosters to house them in an acoustical structure between sunset and sunrise so the escaping noise does not interfere with a neighbor's reasonable use and enjoyment of their property, and requires an adequate supply of food and water at all times. Sec. 020 adds a permitting layer on top of that: roosters may only be kept in the numbers the zoning code allows for that property, and anyone keeping seven or more must first obtain a permit from the Riverside County Department of Animal Services and pay a fee.

00 a year for eleven or more. The permit requirement does not apply to roosters kept as part of a 4-H or FFA sponsored project. Eastvale's zoning code, Title 120, still carries the A-P (light agriculture with poultry) designation tied to the area's dairy-and-poultry-ranch history referenced throughout Title 6's right-to-farm chapter, which is why the rooster rule cross-references zoning-authorized numbers rather than setting its own citywide cap. 20 regulates commercial poultry ranches of 1,000 or more birds kept for sale, requiring an annual county health officer fee and inspection regime, an entirely different scale from a backyard flock.