Ada County's animal-control chapter does not regulate keeping livestock; horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs are a zoning question under Title 8. On agricultural and rural-residential land in unincorporated Ada County, livestock is generally allowed by right subject to setbacks and nuisance limits.
The Animal Control Ordinance (Title 5, Ch. 7) covers dogs, cats, prohibited/dangerous animals, and nuisances, not farm-animal husbandry. Whether you can keep horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs is set by your parcel's zoning under the Ada County Zoning Code (Title 8), administered by Development Services; agricultural and rural-residential districts generally permit livestock by right, while suburban zones limit or bar it. The county nuisance rule (5-7-14) expressly exempts animals maintained on agriculturally zoned land from the excessive-noise provision, but odor, feces accumulation, and animals at large remain regulable. The impound fee schedule (5-7-17) even lists horses, mules, hogs, sheep, goats, and cattle, confirming livestock can be impounded when running loose.
Zoning violations (unpermitted livestock, setback breaches) are enforced by Ada County Development Services under Title 8; livestock running at large may be impounded with owner liable for fees (5-7-17).
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