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Council reviews major overhaul of animal‑keeping rules and proposed expansion of equestrian overlay
Summary
Staff proposed a flexible, point‑based animal allowance (up to 15 points/acre), a small‑lot standard (≈7,200 sq ft minimum thresholds), one rooster per 15 hens default with permits for exceptions, reduced farm‑structure setbacks, and a one‑year compliance grace period; council provided geography‑specific direction and asked staff to draft implementing ordinance language.
City planning staff presented a comprehensive update to Jurupa Valley’s animal‑keeping rules and an expansion of the equestrian lifestyle protection overlay during Wednesday’s council meeting, proposing a point‑based system to give residents flexible mixes of animals while adding minimum standards and best‑management practices.
Principal Planner Jim Petches described a model that converts the earlier ‘‘animal unit’’ framework into an "animal allowance per acre" and raises the proposed upper limit to 15 points per acre. Using staff’s example, that allowance could be spent on combinations such as six horses, three cattle, 15 goats, 10 sheep and 25 chickens on larger parcels; smaller…
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