4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in Solano County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Solano County allows poultry and livestock in agricultural and rural-residential zones per the Solano County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 28). Chapter 4.1 caps roosters at fewer than five per parcel countywide. Large operations are governed by Chapter 27 (Large Confined Animal Facility Standards). Individual cities (Vacaville prohibits, Dixon and Fairfield allow with limits) impose their own rules.
In unincorporated Solano County, Chapter 4 (Animals and Fowl), Section 4-13 of the Solano County Code prohibits any dog from running at large. Off the owner's property a dog must be on a leash, lead, or chain, or at heel beside a competent person. Sheriff's Animal Care Services enforces (707-784-4733). California Food & Agricultural Code Section 30951 et seq. provides state authority.
Solano County does not have any breed-specific ordinance. California Health & Safety Code Section 122331 prohibits local jurisdictions from declaring any specific breed inherently dangerous, vicious, or potentially dangerous. The county and its cities instead regulate individual dogs through the state's potentially-dangerous and vicious-dog process under Food & Agricultural Code Section 31601 et seq.
Solano County does not impose a countywide beekeeping permit. All apiary locations must be registered annually with the Solano County Agricultural Commissioner under California Food & Agricultural Code Section 29040, typically through the statewide BeeWhere system. Cities within the county set their own siting rules: Vacaville requires a beekeeping permit, Dixon and Benicia impose setbacks and ag-commissioner registration.
3 cities in Solano County have their own animal ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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