Livestock — horses, cattle, goats, swine and other farm animals — is allowed on agricultural and larger rural residential parcels under Escambia County's Land Development Code, not in dense residential districts. Florida's Right to Farm Act protects established agricultural operations.
Escambia County Code § 10-3 defines livestock as 'all domestic animals kept for use on a farm or raised for sale and profit.' Where livestock may be kept is a zoning question answered by the county Land Development Code: agricultural (Agr) and rural/low-density residential districts permit farm animals with acreage and setback standards, while suburban and urban districts do not. Statewide, the Florida Right to Farm Act (F.S. § 823.14) shields bona fide farm operations on agricultural land from most new local restrictions. Loose or straying livestock is handled by the county livestock officer (the sheriff) and may be impounded.
Keeping livestock where zoning prohibits it is a land-development code violation; straying livestock can be impounded, and nuisance conditions draw civil fines up to $500 under Code Ch. 10.
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