Menifee's Development Code allows up to 4 hens or ducks on residential lots as small as 7,200 sq ft and up to 12 (or 50 on 40,000 sq ft) in agricultural and rural residential zones, with coops at least 20 feet from property lines and 50 feet from neighboring residences. Crowing fowl such as roosters are limited to 1 on a minimum 1-acre lot in AG and RR zones only, and livestock numbers are tied to lot size.
Development Code Chapter 9.235 (Animal Keeping) sets the standards. Under Table 9.235.030-1, non-crowing fowl (hens, ducks, etc.) are allowed non-commercially as follows: 4 birds on a 7,200 sq ft minimum lot in the RM, RR1/2, LDR-1 and LDR-2 zones; 12 birds on 20,000 sq ft or 50 birds on 40,000 sq ft in the AG, RR5, RR2 and RR1 zones. Crowing fowl (roosters, turkeys, peacocks) are limited to 1 on a minimum 1-acre lot in AG, RR5, RR2 and RR1 zones. Medium animals (sheep, goats, pigs) are allowed at 2 per half acre in AG and RR zones, or 1 on a 7,200 sq ft lot in LDR-1/LDR-2; large animals (cows, horses, llamas) at 5 per acre on at least 1 acre in AG, RR5, RR2 and RR1, or 2 per 20,000 sq ft (maximum 4, 1-acre minimum) in RR1/2, LDR-1 and LDR-2. Footnote A requires animals to be kept in an enclosed area at least 20 feet from any property line and 50 feet from any residence existing when the use was established; fowl must be kept in the rear yard. Section 9.235.040 requires crowing fowl to be confined in a solid-walled, roofed acoustical enclosure from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. In addition, Municipal Code Chapter 10.02 (Ord. 2018-252) requires anyone keeping 7 or more fowl two months or older to house them in an acoustical structure between sunset and sunrise.
It is unlawful to keep animals exceeding the numbers set out in Development Code Chapter 9.235 except as allowed by the approval authority (Section 9.235.030(B)). Violating the fowl noise-housing rule in Municipal Code Chapter 10.02 is an infraction punishable by fines set by City Council resolution. Noisy animals are also subject to administrative abatement proceedings under Municipal Code Chapter 10.07.
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