Goodyear, AZ Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

may be kept in the City," capping the total at four household pets per residential property, including no more than one potbellied pig not exceeding 100 pounds. Section 7-1-4(A) separately makes it unlawful to keep horses, mules, cattle, burros, goats, sheep, swine, pigeons or poultry within city limits unless permitted by the code or zoning regulations. Because the household-pet allowance in Section 7-1-4(B) is the only route to lawfully keeping an animal as a pet, and it excludes anything beyond dogs, cats and potbellied pigs, an exotic animal such as those defined in Section 7-4-1, which lists "llama, alpaca, camel, lion, tiger, bear, bobcat, fox, or other similar animal," falls outside that allowance and cannot be kept as a household pet.

Section 7-4-1 also separately defines PRIMATE to include lemurs, lorises, monkeys and apes, and folds exotic animals, primates and reptiles into the broader ANIMAL definition used by the animals-at-large article, meaning any such animal running loose is also subject to impoundment under Section 7-4-2. Section 7-1-1 additionally makes it unlawful to permit any "dangerous, vicious animal" to run at large, with the Police Department authorized under Section 7-1-2 to kill a dangerous animal when necessary to protect a person or property. Exhibitions or parades of animals considered ferae naturae (wild by nature) require a permit from the Chief of Police under Section 7-1-1.