Maintaining larger domestic animals, including but not limited to bovine cattle, horses, hogs, sheep and goats in accordance with each of the following standards, shall be deemed to not be nuisance, provided, the property where said animals will be allowed are zoned either agricultural or suburban residential. These regulations will not apply to property owners who owned animals when annexed between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2008. When said owners cease to own animals for more than one year these regulations will apply.
A. For sheep and goats, at least ten thousand (10,000) square feet of fenced open space per sheep or goat provided the animal shelter or enclosure is beyond three-hundred (300) feet (including street right-of-way) of any residential dwelling on adjoining premises.
B. For hogs or pot-bellied pigs at least ten thousand (10,000) square feet of fenced open space per hog provided the animal shelter or enclosure is beyond five hundred (500) feet (including street right-of-way) of any residential dwelling.
C. Chickens, rabbits, ducks, or pigeon: One animal per two thousand (2,000) square feet of lot area.
D. Sheep, goats, turkeys, or geese at a ratio of five total animals per acre.
# Horses or Cattle | Acreage Amount Required |
|---|
1 | 1.5 acres |
2 | 2.5 acres |
3 | 4.0 acres |
4 | 5.5 acres |
5 or more | 7.0 acres (plus 1 acre per each additional animal) |
E. Owners of animals in the city must construct and maintain fences, based on dimension and materials listed below to prevent domestic animals from breaking out or causing hazard to persons or property.
Type of Animal | Type of Fence Required | Number of Strands | Wiring Spacing Above Ground (Inches) |
|---|
Buffalo | 5-strand barbed wire fence | 5 | Range of 11 to 52 |
Horses | Highly visible material with posts every 12 ft. No barbed wire allowed | 3 | 11—18/23—30/34—44 |
Cattle | High tensile wire-electrically charged | 2 | 26—36 |
Swine | Barbed wire close to the ground with other two strands of high tensile wire electrically charged | 3 | 8-16-28 |
Sheep | High tensile wire-electrically charged | 7 | 6-11-16-22-30-38-48 |
Chickens | Standard chicken wire | — | Ground to 36 |
F. A continual water source that is well maintained, with sufficient amounts (depending upon the animal), must be provided within any fenced enclosure. Adequate watering requires a supply of clean, fresh, potable water, supplied in a sanitary manner and in adequate amounts at intervals suitable for animal species and either continuously accessible to each animal or supplied to maintain the health and well-being of such animals;
G. Cleaning the domestic animal shelters at least once each week or as often as necessary to prevent or control odors and fly breeding; provided, however, that this shall not apply to grazing areas;
H. Disposing of collected fecal material and other solid organic waste at a sanitary landfill, fertilizer processing plant, or by proper disposal on land used for agriculture purposes;
I. Storing grain or protein food in tightly covered, rodent-proof, metal containers or rodent proof bins;
J. Maintaining the premises free of rodent harborage;
K. Using anti-coagulant rodenticides for the control of rodents and organo-phosphorus insecticides for the control of flies or providing other effective chemical means for the control of rodents and flies;
L. Using soil sterilants and herbicides or other effective means for the control of weeds and grass around structures and buildings;
M. Storing refuse in proper containers or in a manner approved by community development or the code enforcement officer, and disposing of such refuse at least once each week;
N. Storing solid waste accumulated from the cleaning of domestic animal shelters in metal containers with tight-fitting metal lids and disposing of such solid waste at least once each week;
O. Providing proper drainage so that there is no accumulation of rainfall or liquid waste;
P. Stables, coops, pens and other structures or enclosures for the housing of animals shall comply with all zoning requirements of the city of Valley Center Zoning Code.
(Ord. 1281, § 1, 11-4-2014)