Livestock keeping in St. Lucie County follows agricultural zoning in the Land Development Code, and Florida's Right to Farm Act bars local governments from restricting bona fide farm operations on agricultural land.
Cattle, horses, goats, and other livestock are permitted on land zoned or classified agricultural in unincorporated St. Lucie County; residential districts limit or prohibit them and rely on the Backyard Chicken Program for poultry. Florida's Right to Farm Act, Fla. Stat. 823.14, prevents local governments from adopting ordinances that prohibit or restrict a bona fide farm operation on land classified agricultural where the activity is already state-regulated. This shields commercial ranches and groves from most county nuisance and zoning limits, though non-agricultural residential parcels remain subject to county keeping rules.
Keeping livestock on non-agricultural residential lots is a zoning/code-compliance violation; bona fide farm operations on agricultural land are largely protected from local restriction.
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