Glenn County is agricultural and broadly allows poultry and livestock by zone. In the rural-residential RE-NW zone, poultry and rabbit keeping may not exceed 50 chickens or 50 rabbits per 40,000 square feet, and minimum lot area applies per head of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats.
Animal keeping in unincorporated Glenn County is controlled by Title 15, the Unified Development Code, rather than by a single backyard-chicken ordinance. In the RE-NW Rural Residential Estate zone, Section 15.360.020(F) sets density standards: 20,000 square feet per horse or head of cattle over one year, 40,000 square feet per swine over twelve weeks, 10,000 square feet per head of sheep or goats, and poultry or rabbit farming not to exceed fifty chickens or fifty rabbits per forty thousand square feet. Agricultural zones such as FA, AE, AP, and FS broadly permit livestock farming and the keeping of fowl. Setback rules apply: in the FA (15.320.030(L)) and AE (15.330.030(O)) zones, no pen, coop, stable, barn, or corral for fowl and animals may be kept within fifty feet of any dwelling, within one hundred feet of the front lot line, within twenty-five feet of a corner-lot street side, or within one hundred feet of a park or school. Rules vary by zoning district, so owners should confirm their parcel's zone with Planning.
Keeping animals above the density limits or within prohibited setbacks violates Title 15 and is enforced through county zoning/code enforcement, which can require abatement or a conditional use permit.
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Glenn County has adopted an SB 1383 organic-waste ordinance (Code Chapter 7.08, Article II.V) requiring residents and businesses to keep food scraps and yard...
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Unincorporated Glenn County has no ordinance on artificial or synthetic turf; the terms do not appear in the county code as a regulated landscaping material....
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Unincorporated Glenn County does not require, restrict or list native plants; there is no native-plant or drought-tolerant-landscaping mandate in the county ...
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Unincorporated Glenn County has no ordinance on rainwater harvesting, rain barrels or cisterns; the terms do not appear in the county code. Collecting roofto...
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Unincorporated Glenn County has no county-run drought or lawn-watering program, but two layers of rules apply. The county nuisance code requires residential ...
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Glenn County has a real weed-abatement ordinance: Glenn County Code Chapter 7.28 (Weed Control), adopted under California Health & Safety Code 14930-14931 an...
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