Palm Coast, FL Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Sec. 8-100 lets a Palm Coast resident keep chickens only as an accessory use to an occupied single-family dwelling in specific residential zones, SFR-1 through SFR-5 (plus duplex-zoned parcels with a single-family residence on them), and only after obtaining a backyard chicken permit. The City issues a maximum of 100 permits citywide on a first-come, first-served basis; each permit is personal to the permittee, non-transferable, valid for two years, and requires a site plan, a City Council-set fee, completion of an agricultural management course, and an initial coop inspection by the Animal Control Inspector, who may also inspect the premises without notice afterward.

An approved permit allows a maximum of four chickens per property, and the ordinance bans ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl, male chickens or roosters, pigeons, and any other poultry or fowl outright; keeping any of them revokes the permit. The coop or pen must be opaque, secured against predators with hardware cloth (chicken wire is barred), limited to one coop of no more than 100 square feet per lot, set back at least ten feet from the rear property line and seven and a half feet on the side, capped at six feet in height, and kept out of any easement.

Manure can't accumulate, feed must be stored in rodent-proof containers, and composting is allowed only in a fly-tight bin at least 20 feet from property lines. Chickens are for personal use only: selling chickens, eggs, feathers or manure, or breeding them, is prohibited, and slaughter is barred except under specific state, county or veterinary circumstances.