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

401 restricts the R-A zone to "the uses identified in Article 21 of this chapter as being permitted," meaning agriculture is regulated through the citywide permitted use matrix rather than a free-standing right-to-farm declaration. 2104's Permitted Use Matrix for Residential Zones marks "Agriculture - crop production," horticulture and floriculture as "P" (permitted by right) in the R-A column. Commercial farms with up to 500 chickens or rabbits, and up to 12 small animals or 24 fowl other than chickens, are also permitted outright in R-A; commercial farms exceeding those counts, or raising turkeys, peafowl, guinea fowl, horses, bovines, sheep or goats, drop to "SUP," requiring a special use permit from the city before the use can begin.

2106(a). 403 layers on a siting rule: no animal or fowl besides dogs and cats kept as pets may be housed within 40 feet of any school, religious facility, hospital, public place, business, residence or other building used for human habitation, other than the keeper's own dwelling. Property owners planning a farm use should confirm their parcel's zone designation and check the matrix column before assuming a use is allowed, since the R-A label alone does not authorize every agricultural activity, only those the matrix marks "P" for that zone; anything else needs Community Development Department review through the special use permit process referenced in Article 21.