Upland, CA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Upland Municipal Code § 17.51.010 defines "Animal-Keeping, Non-Commercial" as any establishment that keeps animals only as pets, or for the production of eggs, milk, honey or meat for personal use only, and states plainly that up to five chickens are permitted in single-family residential zones. Table 17.04-1 (Permitted Land Uses in the Residential Zones), adopted under § 17.04.020, cross-references "Animal Keeping for Non-Commercial Purposes" to Title 6 of the Upland Municipal Code across every residential zone column, from the large-lot RS-20 zone down through the RM-40 multifamily zone, so backyard chicken-keeping within the cap does not itself trigger a Conditional Use Permit or Administrative Use Permit.

Because the definition ties the five-bird allowance specifically to "single-family residential zones," it reaches the RS-20, RS-15, RS-10, RS-7.5, RS-4, and RS-MH districts; it does not extend the chicken allowance into the RM-10 through RM-40 multifamily zones. Noise from a crowded coop or a loud rooster is handled separately: Upland Municipal Code § 6.04.140 makes it unlawful to keep or harbor "any dog, cat or other animal or fowl... which by habitual howling, yelping, barking or other noise disturbs or annoys the use and enjoyment of neighboring parcels," declaring the keeping a public nuisance with each day a separate offense.

Because the chicken cap is a Zoning Ordinance definition, enforcement of the flock limit itself runs through the Zoning Ordinance's own enforcement provision at § 17.43.040 rather than through the animal-licensing penalty clause in Chapter 6.04.