Livestock and horses are limited by zoning. In R-15, R-20, and ESD-PM districts, horses need at least 1.5 acres with one head per half-acre; in the R-20A district livestock shelters must sit at least 100 feet from property lines. Most residential districts do not allow larger farm animals.
The County Zoning Ordinance regulates farm animals by district. Use Condition 14 allows ponies and horses in the ESD-PM, R-20, and R-15 districts on "minimum lot area" of 1-1/2 acres, with "not more than one head of livestock ... for each 1/2 acre of lot area," and shelter kept at least 50 feet from property lines. The R-20A district (Cond. 25) is designed for livestock: space or shelter "shall not be permitted within 100 feet of any property line," except where the line abuts a wide street, railroad, or watercourse. "Farm Animals" (cattle, livestock, poultry or fowl) are a permitted or conditional use only in the rural/agricultural and R-20A districts per Table 6.1 — not in standard residential lots. Chickens
Zoning enforcement by the Planning Commission; keeping livestock in a district where the use is not permitted, or violating setback/acreage limits, is a zoning violation.
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