Whether you can keep cattle, horses, goats, or hogs is set by your city or township zoning, not the county. Commercial livestock farms following GAAMPs receive Right to Farm protection; residential-zone hobby animals do not.
Michigan counties do not zone; agricultural and residential districts are defined by city and township ordinances under MCL 125.3201. The Right to Farm Act protects commercial livestock operations that comply with GAAMPs and preempts conflicting local rules, but only for bona-fide commercial farming, not animals kept for personal use, and not in primarily-residential Category 4 areas. Rural townships in Ottawa County typically allow livestock on agricultural parcels, while residential neighborhoods usually prohibit them.
Local zoning penalties apply (municipal civil infraction with daily fines). Right to Farm and GAAMP compliance disputes go to MDARD.
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