4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Leon County, Florida.
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Unincorporated Leon County allows backyard chickens and other fowl under Code of Laws Sec. 4-37(i), which requires compliance with the urban-agriculture provisions of Sec. 10-6.816 of the Leon County Land Development Code, keeping chickens in a ventilated coop at all times, and maintaining the coop clean and free of odors, rodents, and nuisance.
In unincorporated Leon County, Code of Laws Sec. 4-35 makes it unlawful for any animal to run or remain at large on any street, road, alley, park or public place. A dog off the owner's premises must be under 'direct control' - restrained by a leash or tether of appropriate length or another control device per Sec. 4-26.
Unincorporated Leon County has no breed-specific dog ban. Florida Statutes Sec. 767.14 prohibits any local government from adopting a regulation specific to a dog's breed, weight, or size. Leon County's Ordinance 23-01 expressly aligns Chapter 4 with Chapter 767, Florida Statutes, and classifies 'dangerous' animals by behavior, not by breed.
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.
1 cities in Leon County have their own animal ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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