Computed from 8,789 published municipal codes
Goat ordinances, town by town
Every town writes its own rules about goats — keeping goats, livestock rules, goat rentals for brush. The fastest way to know what YOUR town allows is to ask its code directly. Below: the towns that regulate goats most, straight from the law itself.
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Most municipal code about goats
| Municipality | mentions |
|---|
| 1 |
Belmont, CA — ask its code → |
70 |
| 2 |
Arvada, CO — ask its code → |
49 |
| 3 |
Eagan, MN — ask its code → |
44 |
| 4 |
Brighton, CO — ask its code → |
43 |
| 5 |
Castle Rock, CO — ask its code → |
43 |
| 6 |
Maplewood, MN — ask its code → |
37 |
| 7 |
Thornton, CO — ask its code → |
36 |
| 8 |
Baxter, MN — ask its code → |
36 |
| 9 |
Long Beach, CA — ask its code → |
35 |
| 10 |
Seattle, WA — ask its code → |
34 |
Belmont, CA leads the country with 70 mentions — see the
full ranking.
Strange goats codes
Leadville, CO — Leadville, CO prohibits riding or taking a horse or llama on the pathway.
“No person shall ride or take any horse or llama on the pathway.”
municipal code
Appomattox, VA — Appomattox, VA prohibits keeping livestock, pigs, llamas, and fowl.
“Sec. 6-2. - Keeping of livestock, pigs, llamas, fowl, etc., prohibited.”
Ch. 6
Bryan, TX — Bryan, TX's code excludes mini-pigs from its definition of livestock, even while listing llamas as livestock.
“domesticated game animals, and llamas. Livestock shall not include mini-pigs.”
Ch. 10
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