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Chapter 5 — ANIMALS AND FOWL›Article I — IN GENERAL

South Pasadena Municipal Code § 5.6 Horses, mules, ponies, burros and donkeys—Keeping in lots of less than fifteen thousand square feet

South Pasadena Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · South Pasadena

Cite as: South Pasadena Municipal Code § 5.6 · Text as of 2026-10-04

It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person to keep, pasture, feed or maintain in the city any horse, mule, pony, burro or donkey on a lot or parcel of land having an area of less than fifteen thousand square feet. (Ord. No. 875, § 3.)

5.6-1 Coyotes.

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully feed or in any manner provide food for one or more coyotes (canis latrans);

(a) This section is not applicable to the owner of a coyote that is kept under a valid certificate/permit issued by the State of California Department of Fish and Game.

(b) This section is not applicable to anyone who provides food and water for a trapped, unweaned, or injured coyote during the time the agency in charge is notified and the animal has been picked up.

(c) Every violation of this section shall be an infraction punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars. (Ord. No. 1776, § 1.)

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