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

020(B)(2) allows keeping rabbits, turkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, pigeons or other domestic fowl without a permit, capped at six rabbits, six chickens, or six fowl of any kind at one time (excluding newborns under eight weeks). It adds a siting rule specific to chickens: no more than six chickens may be kept, and only if maintained more than fifty feet from any dwelling other than the owner's. 020(B)(3) allows horses on lots over one acre, at no more than six horses per acre. 080(A) elaborates the domestic fowl permit guidelines animal control applies: pigeons must be leg-banded and flown only under the owner's control, the combined fowl count cannot exceed six (excluding young under eight weeks), the use must be strictly noncommercial, the animals cannot disturb neighbors through noise, odor or flies, and housing structures must sit within fifty feet of the owner's own dwelling but no permit issues for fowl kept closer than fifty feet to any other dwelling.

080(B): a permit issues only if the animals won't harm neighborhood health, safety or welfare and the keeping is a recognized animal-husbandry educational project, and that permit carries no fee. 080(C)). 090.