Apple Valley, CA Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

125A, keyed to the property's zoning district. In the R-VLD, R-A, R-LD, R-E, R-EQ and R-SF residential districts, up to one dog or one cat is permitted outright, and the table separately permits up to four dogs and, independently, up to four cats in those same districts without any special permit. The R-M district is more restrictive: it caps residents at one dog or cat per unit under footnote 2, and pot-bellied pigs are barred there entirely. In a Planned Residential Development (PRD), animal keeping must match the density approved for that specific PRD, or otherwise follow the R-SF standard, per footnote 6.

Footnote 4 sets the outer limit: any household keeping more than four dogs or four cats, up to a combined maximum of eight dogs and cats, must obtain an Animal Control Permit from the Animal Control Department under subsection (c), and every animal on the property must be spayed or neutered as a condition of that permit. Subsection (b) requires offspring that push a household over its permitted count to be removed from the premises within 30 days of the wean date, and all fowl offspring within three months.

The table also separately regulates other animals kept on residential lots, including bee hives, poultry, rabbits, and livestock such as horses and goats, each with its own per-square-foot or per-lot density limit.