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Pets, chickens and bees in Stockton

City rule: at most 3 dogs per premises and 3 cats, each over 4 months old; bees and fowl only where zoning allows.

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Key points

  • Pets: City rule: at most 3 dogs per premises and 3 cats, each over 4 months old; bees and fowl only where zoning allows.

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

What Stockton's code says

Stockton code What Stockton's code adds
Bees
  • Only where the zone allows it under the Development Code.
    Applies: Applies to keeping an apiary in the city.
    § 6.04.420 · code text
    It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to keep any domestic or wild animal (excluding dogs, cats and other household pets), reptile, apiary, or fowl, within the City except where permitted within a particular zone or district as provided in the Development Code of the City.
Chickens
  • Only where the zone allows it under the Development Code.
    Applies: Applies to keeping fowl in the city.
    § 6.04.420 · code text
    It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to keep any domestic or wild animal (excluding dogs, cats and other household pets), reptile, apiary, or fowl, within the City except where permitted within a particular zone or district as provided in the Development Code of the City.
Large animals
  • Only where the zone allows it under the Development Code.
    Applies: Applies to domestic or wild animals other than dogs, cats and household pets.
    § 6.04.420 · code text
    It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to keep any domestic or wild animal (excluding dogs, cats and other household pets), reptile, apiary, or fowl, within the City except where permitted within a particular zone or district as provided in the Development Code of the City.
Pet limit
  • No more than 3 cats.
    Applies: Applies to cats over 4 months old on one premises, not counting community cats.
    § 6.04.400 · code text
    It is unlawful for any person to keep on any one premises more than three cats (excluding community cats) if such cats are more than four months old.
  • No more than 3 dogs over 4 months old.
    Applies: Per premises.
    § 6.04.390 · code text
    It is unlawful for any person to keep on any one premises more than three dogs if said dogs are more than four months old.

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City rule: at most 3 dogs per premises and 3 cats, each over 4 months old; bees and fowl only where zoning allows.

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