Livestock keeping in unincorporated Spokane County's agricultural and forestry zones is capped at three livestock units per gross acre. A horse, cow, or hog equals one unit; a goat or sheep equals one-half. Barns, pens, and manure must stay 50 feet from neighboring homes (200 feet for swine).
Spokane County Zoning Code 14.616.230(7) sets livestock standards in the Large Tract Agricultural, Small Tract Agricultural, and Forestry zones. A livestock unit equals one horse, mule, donkey, burro, llama, bovine, or swine; a goat or sheep equals one-half a unit. Large-animal density is limited to three livestock units per gross acre. Any building or structure housing animals, plus any yard, runway, pen, or manure pile, must be at least 50 feet from any occupied structure other than the occupant's own dwelling, or 200 feet in the case of swine, and manure piles must be 100 feet from a water well. Enclosures must be kept clean and sanitary as enforced by the Spokane Regional Health District.
Overstocking or non-compliant enclosures are zoning code-enforcement matters handled by Spokane County Building and Planning, with sanitation enforced by the Spokane Regional Health District.
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