Miramar, FL Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)
Key Facts
- Citywide default
- Livestock keeping prohibited
- Where allowed
- Rural or Estate land use designation only
- Four-legged animal cap
- 3 per acre on RL under 20 acres, E, RS1
- Poultry/fowl cap
- 10 per acre on RL under 20 acres, E, RS1
- Large Rural lots
- No numeric limit on RL 20+ acres
- Other residential zones
- Farm animals not permitted at all
Summary
Miramar bans livestock citywide except where the Land Development Code allows it, and that carve-out is narrow: it applies only to parcels designated Rural or Estate, with a hard cap of three four-legged animals or ten fowl per acre on smaller Rural/Estate, RS1 and Estate lots. Ordinary residential zoning gets no allowance at all.
The keeping of livestock within the city is prohibited except as provided in section 713.2 of the Miramar Land Development Code... Agricultural activities including: field, commercial and non-commercial crops; horticulture; silviculture; fruit and nut production; beekeeping; farm animals; horse and cattle ranching; groves; tree and plant nurseries; poultry and egg production; milk production; animal breeding, raising, training, stabling or kenneling; and all associated activities, shall be permitted on parcels designated Rural or Estate on the LUP map, consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the comprehensive plan... Four-legged animals: 3 head per acre: Two-legged animals: 10 head per acre
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
The Code of Ordinances states plainly that "the keeping of livestock within the city is prohibited except as provided in" the Land Development Code (Sec. 6-12). The current LDC provision governing that exception is Sec. 3, Agricultural Activities, Farm Animals and Food Production. 1 permits agricultural activities, including farm animals, horse and cattle ranching, poultry and egg production and animal breeding, raising, training, stabling or kenneling, only on parcels designated Rural or Estate on the land use plan map, and requires that such activity "not be conducted so as to become a nuisance to adjacent properties or the neighborhood," with any related structure set back at least 50 feet from a lot line in the RL, E and RS1 districts.
Table 405-3 sets the actual head counts: on Rural/Estate parcels of 20 acres or more there is no numeric limit, but on smaller Rural/Estate parcels and in the E and RS1 districts, the cap is three four-legged animals per acre and ten two-legged animals (poultry and other fowl) per acre. Every other residential land use designation, and every commercial, industrial, RAC and TOC district, is marked "Not Permitted" for farm animals in the same table, meaning a standard single-family residential lot outside Rural/Estate zoning cannot keep chickens or livestock under this section at all.
Violations & Fines
Keeping livestock or poultry outside the LDC Sec. 405.3 allowance violates GC Sec. 6-12 and is punishable under the Code's general penalty, Sec. 1-13 (fine up to $500, up to 60 days imprisonment, or both); zoning-side violations of the head-count or nuisance standards in Table 405-3 are also enforceable through the city's code enforcement process.
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