San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 6.03 Keeping of Non-Equine Livestock

The Mayor and City Council do find, determine and declare that the city has become so closely built up with buildings occupied by human beings for business and dwelling purposes, and has become so thickly populated that the keeping therein of livestock, wild, exotic, dangerous or non-domestic animals and domestic fowl has become injurious to health, indecent, offensive to the senses and an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by the entire community and neighborhood, and by a considerable number of persons therein.

(Ord. 821, passed 8-9-1921; Ord. 1003, passed 11-14-1923)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to stable, pasture or keep, or cause to be stabled, pastured or kept, any bovine (e.g., cow, steer), ratite (e.g., ostrich, emu), caprine (e.g., goat) or ovine (e.g., sheep) animal or like animal at a place which has an area of less than one acre (43,560 square feet).

(Ord. 821, passed 8-9-1921; Ord. 3465, passed 12-17-1974; Ord. MC-1214, passed 2-22-2006)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to stable, pasture or keep, or cause to be kept, more than four of any combination of ratite, bovine, caprine or ovine at any place in the city; provided that a person, firm or corporation having contiguous land of more than five acres may keep one additional bovine, caprine or ovine for each acre in excess of such five acres, but not to exceed 18 animals at any lot. Said animal(s) shall not be kept within 150 feet of a building or structure used or intended for human occupancy and said animal(s) shall not be kept within 50 feet of any neighboring property line or street line.

(Ord. MC-1214, passed 2-22-2006)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or cause to be kept any hog, sow, gilt or boar at any place in the city.

(Ord. 821, passed 8-9-1921; Ord. 3465, passed 12-17-1974; Ord. MC-418, passed 10-16-1984; Ord. MC-462, passed 5-21-1985)

(A) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or cause to be kept more than 12 rabbits or guinea pigs, or any combination of each totaling 12, within 150 feet of any building or structure used or intended for human occupancy.

(B) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or cause to be kept more than four rabbits or guinea pigs within 50 feet of any building or structure used or intended for human occupancy.

(Ord. 821, passed 8-9-1921; Ord. 3465, passed 12-17-1974)