Pets, chickens and bees in Claremont

The placement, keeping, or maintenance of an apiary or hive of bees on any lot or parcel within the City is permitted only in the Open Space (O) District and with the prior approval of a special use and development permit granted in accordance with Chapter 16.306 of the Claremont Municipal Code.

Any apiary or hive shall be located a minimum of 300 feet from all public streets.

Any apiary or hive shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from all structures used as dwellings or as places of business. An apiary may be placed closer than 500 feet to such a structure if the owner and persons having control or possession of said structure gives written permission to the applicant to do so, and evidence of such permission is furnished to the City.

The supply of water shall be within 200 feet of the apiary or hive of bees.

Not more than three fowl (except as noted in Section 6.20.090) shall be kept or maintained on any single-family residential property as defined in the zoning code of the City.

Large animals shall be kept in a fenced corral area of at least five hundred seventy-six square feet for each animal. The corral and stable shall be located not less than fifty feet from all neighboring dwellings.

The keeping of large animals shall be permitted only on a lot with a minimum net area of twenty thousand square feet, with one animal allowed for the first twenty thousand square feet, and one for each additional fifteen thousand square feet up to a maximum of four animals.

It is unlawful for any person owning or leasing one household to own or keep more than three adult dogs or three adult cats within a single-family home or multifamily residential unit.