6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in El Paso County, Colorado.
Verified from official government sources
El Paso County may allow backyard chickens with limits. Roosters typically banned in residential areas. Livestock requires agricultural zoning or minimum lot size.
El Paso County requires dogs to be under control by their owner at all times in unincorporated areas. A leash law is in effect requiring dogs to be on a leash or under direct voice control when off the owner's property.
El Paso County Animal Services does not enforce breed-specific legislation (BSL) in unincorporated areas. No pit bull ban or other breed restrictions apply at the county level. Individual HOAs may impose restrictions.
Beekeeping is generally permitted in unincorporated El Paso County, particularly in agricultural and rural residential zones. Colorado state law encourages beekeeping, and El Paso County does not maintain a countywide restriction on hives.
El Paso County Animal Services and Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulate exotic and wild animal ownership. Colorado law prohibits ownership of certain dangerous wildlife species, and county regulations restrict keeping wild or exotic animals.
Colorado C.R.S. §33-6-131 prohibits intentional feeding of big game (deer, elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, moose, bears) statewide. El Paso County follows this. Bear-attractant rules apply especially in mountain and foothill neighborhoods near Pikes Peak.
3 cities in El Paso County have their own animal ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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