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Pets, chickens and bees in Morro Bay

Morro Bay's own rules on pets, chickens and bees, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Morro Bay Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Morro Bay's code says

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Chickens
  • At most 12 poultry, rabbits or other fowl within 50 feet of any home; no rooster over 4 months old.
    § 7.08.020 · code text
    No person shall keep upon any premises in the city more than twelve of any poultry, rabbits, or other fowl:
Large animals
  • Only on lots of at least 20,000 sq ft; in agricultural zones, numbers may not exceed the zone's maximum density.
    Applies: Cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses or other livestock.
    § 7.08.025 · code text
    no person shall own, keep, maintain, stake or pasture any bovine, swine, sheep, goat, horse or other livestock upon any premises in the city unless the lot or parcel size is a minimum twenty thousand square feet or, the parcel is in a properly zoned agricultural district in which case the number of animals shall not exceed the maximum density allowed for such animals pursuant to section 17.30.060 of this code.
  • No more than 2 pygmy animals per home.
    Applies: Any home in the city, unless its parcel meets the size and zoning criteria; then the listed maximum density applies.
    § 7.08.030 · code text
    No person or persons may own, harbor, or maintain or cause to be maintained more than two pygmy animals at any dwelling within the city, unless such dwelling is on a parcel that meets the size and zoning criteria as contained in section 7.16.040 in which case the number of animals shall be limited to the maximum listed density allowed as codified.

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Can I keep chickens or bees at my home in Morro Bay?

Morro Bay's code: At most 12 poultry, rabbits or other fowl within 50 feet of any home; no rooster over 4 months old. (§ 7.08.020).

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