Whittier adopts LA County Code Title 10 as its Animal Control Ordinance (Whittier MC Ch. 6.04). Title 10 caps roosters by lot size (only 2 below half an acre, with a 50-foot coop setback) and sets animal-care standards, while where poultry may be kept in the city is governed by Whittier's zoning code, not the animal ordinance.
The City of Whittier has no stand-alone backyard-chicken count in its animal ordinance; it adopts LA County Code Title 10 by reference (Whittier MC 6.04.020). The clearest poultry restriction in Title 10 is on roosters. LA County Code Chapter 10.38 limits roosters by single-property size without an animal facility license: 2 roosters on less than one-half acre, 4 on one-half to one acre, 6 on one to five acres, and 10 on more than five acres, with each excess rooster a separate violation. Rooster cages or coops must be at least 50 feet from any residence other than the owner's and must comply with building codes and setbacks. Whatever poultry is kept must also meet the animal-care duties in LA County Code Chapter 10.40 (sound housing, food and water, sanitation, noise control). What the animal ordinance does not do is set a hen number or decide which residential zones may keep poultry at all; in an incorporated city those land-use questions are answered by Whittier's zoning code (Title 18) and city Planning, so residents should confirm zoning before keeping a flock. Whittier itself bans beekeeping outright (Whittier MC 8.20.010).
Keeping more roosters than the lot-size table allows, or placing a coop within 50 feet of a neighbor's residence, violates LA County Code Chapter 10.38, with each excess rooster a separate offense. Neglecting food, water, sanitation or noise control under Chapter 10.40 is a misdemeanor. Keeping poultry in a zone where the city does not permit it is a separate zoning violation enforced by city Code Enforcement.
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