Pets, chickens and bees in Huntington Beach: the local rules

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Bees	No beehive may be kept within 200 feet of the beekeeper's own home. Applies: Applies to bees kept on any premises in the city. § 7.12.010 · code text No person shall keep or maintain, or suffer or permit to be kept or maintained, upon premises owned or controlled by him or her in the City, any hive bees within 200 feet of any dwelling house of the owner or person in control of such bees.
Chickens	Not within 25 feet of another's home, church, school, hospital or food business; no roosters over 4 months old. Applies: Applies to chickens, ducks, geese, similar domestic fowl, and rabbits. § 7.12.120 · code text It is a nuisance and no person shall keep chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, doves, pigeons, squabs or similar domestic fowl or rabbits, owned or controlled by him, her or it, within 25 feet from any dwelling house or structure used as a dwelling, church, school, hospital, or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured, or served to the public, unless such house or structure be occupied by him, her or it
Coop setback	At least 25 feet. Applies: From any home, church, school, hospital or food business, unless the keeper lives there; applies to fowl and rabbits. § 7.12.120 · code text It is a nuisance and no person shall keep chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, doves, pigeons, squabs or similar domestic fowl or rabbits, owned or controlled by him, her or it, within 25 feet from any dwelling house or structure used as a dwelling, church, school, hospital, or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured, or served to the public, unless such house or structure be occupied by him, her or it
Large animals	No goat within 50 feet of another's home; at most 2 within 100 feet, 4 within 300, 5 within 1,000. Applies: Applies to goats; distances are from homes other than the keeper's. § 7.12.080 · code text It is a nuisance and no person shall keep or maintain any goat within 50 feet of any dwelling house other than that occupied by him, her or it, or more than two goats within 100 feet of any dwelling house other than that occupied by him, her or it, or more than four goats within 300 feet of any dwelling house other than that occupied by him, her or it, or more than five goats within 1,000 feet of any dwelling house other than that occupied by him, her or it. No male goats over 6 months old. Applies: Applies within city limits. § 7.12.080 · code text No person shall keep or maintain any male goat exceeding the age of six months within the limits of the City.

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Huntington Beach's code: Not within 25 feet of another's home, church, school, hospital or food business; no roosters over 4 months old. (Applies to chickens, ducks, geese, similar domestic fowl, and rabbits.) (§ 7.12.120); No beehive may be kept within 200 feet of the beekeeper's own home. (Applies to bees kept on any premises in the city.) (§ 7.12.010).

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