Orlando City Code Ch. 14 generally prohibits keeping livestock including cattle, horses, swine, goats, and sheep within most residential zones inside city limits. Backyard chicken-keeping is allowed under the Backyard Chickens program with a city permit, limited number of hens, and no roosters. Properties zoned agricultural or A-1 may keep livestock subject to setback requirements. Most of Orlando is urban or suburban with no livestock allowance.
Orlando is a dense urban municipality and Ch. 14 of the city code restricts livestock to agriculturally zoned parcels. Single-family residential zones (R-1 through R-3) prohibit hoofed livestock. The city operates a limited Backyard Chickens permit program allowing residents to keep a small number of hens (typically up to 4) provided coops meet setback requirements from neighboring dwellings, no roosters are kept, and the permit fee is paid. Pot-bellied pigs are typically not classified as livestock if kept as a personal pet but local rules vary. Orange County unincorporated areas have larger lot allowances under the Agricultural Residential (A-1) zoning where horses and small herds are permitted with minimum acreage requirements.
Keeping prohibited livestock in residential zone: Orlando code enforcement violation with fines up to 500 dollars per day. Unpermitted chickens or roosters: citation and removal order. Repeat violations may result in liens against the property.
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