Prince George's County confines livestock such as horses and larger farm animals to agricultural-zoned land with substantial acreage. Livestock other than fowl and bees is generally not allowed in residential or urban-agriculture zones.
Livestock is governed by M-NCPPC zoning rather than the pet provisions of Subtitle 3. Larger animals like horses require agricultural zoning; the R-A (Agricultural-Residential) zone carries a two-acre minimum lot size. Under the urban agriculture framework, livestock other than poultry and bees is not permitted on urban farms, so cattle, horses, goats, and swine are effectively limited to properly zoned acreage. The animal hobby permit in Sec. 3-148.02 expressly does not apply to the keeping of farm animals, meaning the number of farm animals is set by the zoning classification and lot size, not by the five-animal hobby-permit trigger.
Keeping livestock outside permitted zones is a zoning violation, drawing notices of violation, abatement orders, and fines.
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