Lehi, UT Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)
Key Facts
- Chickens per lot
- 8 on any single-family lot
- Roosters
- A-5/TH-5/A-1, or 1+ acre RA-1/R-1-22
- Dogs/cats w/o kennel license
- 3 each maximum
- Coop setback
- 30 ft dwelling, 25 ft road
- Governing section
- Development Code 12.120.D
Summary
Lehi's Development Code sorts backyard animals into four categories and sets a hard number for each. Any lot with a single-family home may keep up to eight chickens, ducks, pheasants, rabbits, pigeons or birds of prey outright; larger farm animals need more acreage, and roosters are barred from ordinary residential lots.
4. Category Four Small Farm Animals. Category Four animals include chickens, ducks, pheasants, rabbits, pigeons, and birds of prey. Other animals of similar size and impact may be allowed on a case-by-case basis with approval of the Zoning Administrator. Keeping of Category Four animals is permitted limited to the following: (a) For properties located in the A-5 and properties of five acres or larger within the TH-5 and A-1 Districts, the keeping of Category Four animals is permitted with no defined maximum number. (b) Eight Category Four animals may be kept on any residential property with a single family detached dwelling. Eight additional Category Four animals may be allowed for each additional half acre of property located in the A-1, TH-5, RA-1, and R-1-22 Districts... ... (d) Properties with attached units in the MU, R-2, R-2.5, and R-3 Districts shall be limited to four Category Four animals. (e) The keeping of roosters shall be allowed only in the A-5, TH-5, and A-1 Districts and on properties of one acre or more in the RA1 and R-1-22 Districts.
Full Breakdown
D, divides animals into four categories and caps numbers by lot size and zoning district. Category One (cattle and similar) is unrestricted on parcels of five acres or more in the A-5, A-1, RA-1 and TH-5 districts, and otherwise limited to one animal per half acre on one-acre-plus lots in the TH-5, A-1, RA-1 and R-1-22 districts. Category Two (horses, donkeys, mules, burros) follows the same acreage break, with two animals per half acre in residential districts requiring a Conditional Use Permit and conditions such as rear-yard placement and a six-foot screening fence.
Category Three (goats, sheep, pigs, llamas) allows four animals per half acre in the A-1, RA-1, TH-5, R-1-22 and other residential districts. 5 and R-3 districts are capped at four. Roosters may be kept only in the A-5, TH-5 and A-1 districts, or on RA-1 and R-1-22 lots of an acre or more. Every residential lot, regardless of category, is separately capped at three dogs and three cats without a kennel license, and two birds of prey. Coops must sit at least 30 feet from a neighboring dwelling and 25 feet from any public road, and offspring do not count toward the limit until weaned or eight months old. 260.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding a category's numeric limit, keeping a rooster outside the permitted districts, or building a coop or corral without the required 25- to 60-foot setback is a Development Code violation. Under Section 34.010.D, the Zoning Administrator refers violations to the City Attorney, and noncompliance is a class C misdemeanor with each ten-day period counted as a separate offense until the animals or structure are brought into compliance.
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