Livestock keeping in unincorporated Pierce County is set by zoning code PCC 18A.37.060 and scales with lot size. Lots under one-half acre allow only two small livestock; lots five acres or larger have no numeric limit. Setbacks and manure-management rules apply.
Pierce County Code Chapter 6.02 defines 'livestock' as cattle, sheep, goats and other bovidae; horses, mules and other equidae; pigs and swine; llamas; and ostriches, rhea, and emu. How many you may keep is a zoning question answered by PCC 18A.37.060. On lots less than one-half acre, 'two small livestock are allowed, all other livestock are prohibited.' On lots from one-half acre to under five acres, two small livestock plus other livestock not exceeding two head aged 12 months or more are allowed. On lots five acres or greater, there is 'no restriction on the number of livestock.' Enclosures may not sit in a front yard and must be set back from residential property lines (45 feet for livestock, 10
Keeping more livestock than the lot-size tier allows, violating the front-yard prohibition or property-line setbacks, or allowing manure to accumulate or drain into waters as a nuisance violates PCC 18A.37.060 and is enforced by Pierce County Planning & Public Works,
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