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Laguna Niguel, CA

Laguna Niguel, CA Chicken Ordinance

 

Are Chickens Allowed in this location Yes
Max Chickens Allowed  
Roosters Allowed No
Permit Required No
Coop Restrictions None written
City/Organization Contact name The City of Laguna Niguel contracts with Mission Viejo Animal Shelter for animal control services. The Mission Viejo Animal Shelter can be contacted by calling (949) 470-3045.
Additional Information

Sec. 10-1-13. - Definitions (L).

Livestock means any domesticated poultry, cattle, goats, swine, sheep and equines which are kept in captivity or under the control or ownership of any person for any purpose.

 

Sec. 10-1-143. - Fences.

Every owner, keeper, custodian or harborer of livestock shall erect and maintain a fence as described in this section to contain and confine all livestock kept or maintained on his premises. Such fence shall be sufficiently good, strong and substantial as to prevent the ingress and egress of livestock. No wire fence is a good and substantial fence within the meaning of this section unless it has three tightly stretched barbed wires securely fastened to posts of reasonable strength, firmly set into the ground not more than one rod apart, one of which wires shall be at least four feet above the surface of the ground. Any kind of wire or other fence of height, strength and capacity equal to or greater than the wire fence described in this subsection is a good and substantial fence within the meaning of this section. Cattle guards of such width, depth, rail spacing and construction as will effectively turn livestock are also a good and substantial fence.

(Ord. No. 90-11, § 4, 3-6-90)

Link for more Information

http://library.municode.com/HTML/12544/level2/TIT10AN_DIV1ANCOWELIRE.html

Information Last Updated July 19, 2012

 

 

NOTE: This information was submitted by a member of our chicken forum. Please make sure to double check that this information is accurate before you proceed with raising chickens. You can read more info about checking local laws here.

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