Pico Rivera prohibits sheep, goats, cattle, burros and similar livestock in all residential and commercial zones. Horses are allowed only in the rural R-E zone on lots of at least 10,000 square feet.
Zoning Code Section 18.50 prohibits keeping any sheep, goats, cattle, jacks, jennies, burros or other livestock on any property in any residential or commercial zone. Horses (Section 18.50.050) may be kept only in the R-E zone on lots of at least ten thousand square feet: two horses on the first 10,000 square feet and one more per additional 5,000 square feet, to a maximum of four including offspring under one year. No corral or grazing area may sit within thirty-five feet of a dwelling, twenty-five feet of a street, or ten feet of adjoining residential property, and manure must be removed weekly. Because Pico Rivera is densely urban with little R-E land, most parcels cannot keep livestock or horses.
Keeping prohibited livestock in a residential or commercial zone, exceeding the horse limit in the R-E zone, or siting corrals within the required setbacks violates the zoning code and is subject to abatement.
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