Chickens are not 'domestic' pets in Redondo Beach. RBMC 5-1.401 classifies chickens, ducks, goats, pigs, and similar agricultural animals as nondomestic, requiring a city permit for each. Keeping one without a permit is a misdemeanor.
Under RBMC 5-1.401 (Nondomestic and Exotic Animals), domestic pets are limited to dogs, cats, rabbits, fish, common caged birds, and similar animals. Chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigs, goats, horses, cows, and sheep are 'nondomestic' agricultural animals. A separate permit is required for each such animal kept in the city, and maintaining one without a permit is a misdemeanor. Permit applications are handled by Animal Services at City Hall (415 Diamond Street, Door 2) and involve a property check. The code does not publish a flat numeric chicken cap; allowable keeping is determined through the permit and property-check process. Roosters and any animal producing nuisance noise also fall under RBMC 4-24.502 barking/animal-noise limits.
Keeping a chicken or other nondomestic animal without a permit is a misdemeanor under RBMC Title 5, Chapter 1, Article 4, enforceable by Animal Control. Animals may be impounded and removed. Nuisance noise from poultry (including crowing roosters) is separately
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