Arcadia, CA Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

Section 9104.02.030 of the Arcadia Municipal Code governs farming activity inside city limits, and its standards apply where Division 2 (Zones, Allowable Uses, and Development Standards) allows the use. Subsection B permits these accessory private agricultural uses on all properties zoned for residential use: private greenhouses and horticultural collections grown in the ground, fruit and vegetable gardens, fruit trees and nut trees, and the off-site sale of the products produced on the premises.

Small animals and fowl are handled in Subsection D. The definition covers rabbits, poultry, domestic fowl, goats and sheep. On properties zoned exclusively for residential use, keeping them for domestic noncommercial use is permitted up to a total of 10 fowl or birds and a total of five small animals, plus the offspring of each animal until the offspring can be raised or maintained separately from the full grown members of the same species. Homing pigeons are covered by separate regulations elsewhere in the Municipal Code, and every animal must be kept in conformity with other provisions of law governing the same.

Horses are governed by Subsection E. A lot needs a minimum net lot area of 16,000 square feet to keep a total of two horses, llamas, or alpacas for the use of the family occupying the lot. One additional horse, llama, or alpaca is permitted for each additional 5,000 square feet of lot area over that minimum. The absolute ceiling is a total of five horses, llamas, or alpacas of any age on any one lot.

Subsection C is a flat prohibition: marijuana cultivation, dispensaries, manufacturers, and delivery of marijuana are prohibited uses in all zoning districts of the City.