Victorville, CA Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

035 of the Victorville Municipal Code sets a closed list of household pets for residential lots: up to three weaned dogs, three weaned cats, two nonvenomous reptiles, two turtles, six caged birds such as pigeons or canaries, two tropical birds like parrots or macaws, and two rodents such as guinea pigs or rabbits. Any animal not named in that list is automatically prohibited on any lot of half-acre gross or less, and the code treats every multifamily dwelling unit as half-acre or less regardless of the parcel's actual size, so apartment and condo residents get no larger allowance.

The only escape hatch is a case-by-case call from the animal control officer or a designee, who may allow an unlisted animal if it is judged similar to something already on the list and unlikely to threaten public health, safety or welfare. Owners of parcels larger than half-acre gross have a separate track: they may apply to the planning department for a pet permit to keep an animal outside the list, such as a monkey. The application must include signed acknowledgment forms from every property owner within three hundred feet and a twenty-five dollar processing fee.

The director of planning can condition approval on the number of pets, their housing, containment and screening, and how long they may be kept, and can revoke the permit after a planning commission hearing for noncompliance. 80 of the code. 035(5).