Navajo County, AZ Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Section 502 of the Zoning Ordinance lists corrals for the keeping of horses as a by-right permitted use in the R1-43 and R1-10 Single-Family Residential Districts, alongside site-built and manufactured homes, churches and private swimming pools, so a homeowner does not need an Administrative Permit or Special Use Permit to keep horses if the corral meets three conditions: it must be located in the rear yard only, not the front or side yard; every corral must be set back from all lot lines a distance of not less than 40 feet; and the corral must contain at least 1,200 square feet of area for each horse kept in it, so a two-horse corral needs a minimum of 2,400 square feet.

The same 40-foot setback and 1,200-square-foot-per-horse standard repeats in Section 602 for the R Multi-Family Districts, so the rule travels with a parcel zoned R-1 or R rather than being unique to one subdivision. The A-General district applies a looser standard instead: Section 302 sets corral setbacks at whatever distance an accessory building must observe on that parcel and requires only 600 square feet per horse, roughly half the R-1 figure, reflecting the larger lot sizes A-General already requires. A property owner moving from A-General to a platted R-1 subdivision should expect the corral setback rule to tighten and the required area per animal to double.