Peoria, AZ Right to Farm: Farm Nuisance Protection (2026)

Section 16-10 of the Peoria City Code draws a bright line around agricultural zoning: Sections 16-8 through 16-9 shall not apply in areas properly zoned for agriculture to the keeping of rodents, household pets, or livestock, licensed kennels, pet shops, and veterinary hospitals. That means the citywide nuisance rule against noise, odor, flies and manure accumulation in Sec. 16-8 and Sec. 16-9(b), the mammal setback and two-animal-per-20,000-square-foot cap in Sec. 16-9(d), and the general swine prohibition in Sec. 16-9(c) do not reach a property that carries agricultural zoning.

Section 16-9(b) repeats the carve-out in its own text, closing with the sentence stating that subsection does not apply to areas zoned for agriculture. The exemption is not absolute for every livestock rule: Sec. 16-9(c)'s 1,000-foot residential setback for swine still applies even on agricultural land, since the section exempts only the outright citywide ban, not the distance requirement. This is a zoning-based carve-out written into the animal code itself, distinct from Arizona's separate statewide agricultural nuisance protections; nothing in Chapter 16 references or incorporates state right-to-farm law, so a Peoria property owner relying on this exemption needs to confirm the parcel's zoning designation with the City's Community Development Department rather than assume state farm law controls city code enforcement.