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    • Portland, ME, City Code

      Updated August 2022
      This regulation belongs to the Food Systems, Green Building, Historic Preservation, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Northampton, MA, Municipal Code

      Updated September 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Farmland Protection, Social Equity, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Jacksonville, FL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city's zoning code was amended in 2015 to allow chicken keeping in certain zoning districts and addresses other livestock as well.
    • Nampa, ID, Municipal Code

      Updated May 2022
      The city's planning and zoning code includes a chapter on animal zoning regulations that addresses keeping agricultural animals as pets.
    • La Cañada Flintridge, CA, Zoning Code

      2017
      The city's zoning code includes a chapter on animal keeping in residential zones.
    • Lawton, OK, Municipal Code

      Updated February 2022
      The city code's animal chapter allows the keeping of large and small animals other than cats and dogs as well as bees.
    • Highland, IL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city code's animal chapter addresses beekeeping.
    • Cleveland, OH, Code of Ordinances

      Updated September 2021
      These regulations belong to the Creative Placemaking, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Wind Energy collections.
    • Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2021
      This consolidated city’s codified ordinance belongs to the Complete Streets, Shared Mobility, Food Systems, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Concord, NH, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2018
      These regulations belong to the Home Occupations and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Clearwater, FL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated September 2021
      This city's codified ordinance belongs to the Food Systems, Shared Mobility, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Batavia, IL, City Code

      Updated March 2026
      The city's animal control ordinance allows up to 8 hens on single-family residential and school properties.
    • Beloit, WI, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city's property maintenance code includes an ordinance regulating the keeping of chickens within the city.
    • Beaverton, OR, City Code

      Updated October 2021
      The city code's public protection title allows for urban chicken-keeping on single-family residential parcels of at least 5,000 SF.
    • Buffalo, NY, Municipal Code

      2017
      The city's property maintenance code was amended in 2009 to allow for keeping chicken hens in residential districts with a license.
    • Savannah, GA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Historic Preservation, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Rogers, AR, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2018
      These regulations belong to the Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Stillwater, MN, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city code's animals chapter addresses the keeping of bees on single-family and some two-family properties.
    • Skokie, IL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The village code's animal chapter was amended in 2013 to address residential beekeeping.
    • Rio Rancho, NM, Municipal Code

      2017
      The city code's animal chapter addresses domestic livestock, including chickens and pygmy goats.
    • Sterling, IL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city code's animal chapter includes a section on miniature potbellied pigs.
    • Des Moines, WA, Municipal Code

      2018
      The city's zoning code was amended in 2014 to address the keeping of farm animals in residential zones.
    • Corpus Christi, TX, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city's animal care and control code allows urban domestic fowl (chickens) and beekeeping in residential districts.
    • De Pere, WI, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city's animal code allows the keeping of chickens and bees in residential districts with a permit.
    • Fort Bragg, CA, Municipal Code

      2017
      The city's zoning code addresses the keeping of fowl, poultry, swine, horses, cows, other large animals, and bees.
    • Grand Prairie, TX, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city code's animal chapter establishes requirements for keeping livestock and fowl.
    • Fayette County, GA, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The county's zoning code allows beekeeping and chicken keeping on single-family residential lots.
    • Dallas, NC, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The town's animal code was amended in 2013, 2016, and 2017 to address urban beekeeping.
    • Dade City, FL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city's animal code was amended in 2012 to allow the keeping of hens within the city limits.
    • Gulfport, FL, Code of Ordinances

      2016
      The city code's animal chapter was amended in 2009 to allow the keeping of up to 10 chickens on properties within the city.
    • Alachua County, FL, County Code

      Updated February 2022
      The county's Unified Land Development Code addresses the noncommercial raising of poultry or livestock on parcels less than five acres.
    • Cary, NC, Code of Ordinances

      Updated June 2021
      These regulations belong to the Group Housing and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Memphis-Shelby County, TN, Unified Development Code

      Adopted August 2010
      This regulation belongs to the Outdoor Lighting, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.
    • Ithaca, NY, City Code

      Updated March 2019
      These regulations belong to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Urban Livestock, and Wind Energy collections.
    • Fairfax County, VA, Zoning Ordinance

      Updated May 2026
      These regulations belong to the Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Data Centers, Inclusionary Housing, Outdoor Lighting, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Transit-Oriented Development, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • St. Petersburg, FL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated April 2026
      This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Transfer of Development Rights, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Tampa, FL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated July 2022
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Biophilic Planning, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Pittsburgh, PA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated July 2024
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Green Building, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Scenic View Protection, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Kansas City, MO, Code of Ordinances

      Updated November 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Group Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.
    • Champaign, IL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2021
      These regulations belong to the Food Systems, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Denver, CO, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2022
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Biophilic Planning, Climate Change, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Seattle, WA, Municipal Code

      Updated May 2026
      This regulation belongs to 22 different Research KnowledgeBase collections, ranging from Accessory Dwelling Units to Youth in Planning.
    • Summit County, CO, Land Use and Development Code

      2017
      These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Systems, Housing Supply Planning, Urban Livestock, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections.
    • Bozeman, MT, Code of Ordinances

      Updated December 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Group Housing, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Marijuana-Related Uses, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Laramie, WY, Municipal Code

      Updated March 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Systems, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.
    • Hailey, ID, Municipal Code

      Updated December 2024
      This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Building, Housing Supply Planning, Outdoor Lighting, Solar Energy, Tiny Homes and Micro Apartments, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Tucson, AZ, Codified Ordinances

      Updated February 2026
      The city's Codified Ordinances belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Downtown Revitalization, Historic Preservation, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, Urban Heat Resilience, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Portland, OR, City Code

      Updated June 2026
      This regulation belongs to 18 Research KnowledgeBase collections.
    • San Diego, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated February 2026
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Integrated Water Resource Management, Outdoor Lighting, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections.
    • Cedar Rapids, IA, Municipal Code

      Updated January 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Historic Preservation, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.

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