In unincorporated Leon County, Code of Laws Sec. 4-44(b) states that no livestock may be maintained, raised, or housed except as authorized in that section or the Leon County Land Development Code. Sec. 4-44(a) exempts agriculturally zoned property and bona-fide farm operations. 'Livestock' is broadly defined in Sec. 4-26 to include horses, cattle, swine, goats, sheep, and poultry.
Livestock keeping in unincorporated Leon County is governed by the Code of Laws of Leon County, Chapter 4, Article II. Sec. 4-44 (Animal ownership limitations) provides in subsection (b) that 'Pets are permitted, subject to the limitations below. No livestock shall be maintained, raised, or housed except as authorized in this section or the Leon County Land Development Code.' Sec. 4-44(a) makes the section's limitations inapplicable to properties in zoning districts that allow agriculture as a principal use, or to properties with a bona-fide farm operation on land classified as agricultural under Fla. Stat. 193.461 where animals are raised as livestock - so livestock is principally a matter of zoning and the Land Development Code rather than a flat ban. Sec. 4-26 defines 'livestock' as all animals of the equine, bovine, Camillidae, Bovidae, Phasianidae, or swine family, including goats, sheep, mules, horses, hogs, cattle, ostriches, and poultry, and expressly excludes pets. The Chapter 4 humane-care rules still apply to livestock: Sec. 4-37(h) sets equine hoof-maintenance and humane-disposal standards, and Sec. 4-37(i) governs chickens and fowl. Carcass disposal follows Fla. Stat. 823.041. This animal-control chapter does not contain acreage tables or setbacks for cattle, horses, or swine; those numeric standards are in the Leon County Land Development Code, which should be consulted for a specific parcel.
Keeping livestock contrary to Sec. 4-44 or the Land Development Code is enforceable under Chapter 4. The Sec. 4-29(i) schedule lists Sec. 4-44 (Number of animals, acreage restrictions) at $50 / $100 / $250 for first/second/third violations. Inhumane treatment of livestock is cited under Sec. 4-37 (Humane care required) at $250, then $500 with a mandatory court appearance. Zoning-based livestock limits are also enforceable through the Land Development Code. The general maximum civil penalty under Chapter 4 is $500 per violation (Sec. 4-29(f)).
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