if you do need one then where can you get one? if you don’t what reqirements does your home have to have to own a horse?
You can find out the zoning laws for your county by contacting the county government offices. If you are within city limits, then you have to contact city government regarding zoning. There is almost nowhere that horses are allowed within city limits any more. Even on rural land, zoning laws govern how land is used. If horses are allowed, there are often limits to how many per acre, fencing regulations, manure disposal, shelter regulations, etc.
So, yes, in all likelihood there will be rules and regulations governing whether you can keep a horse, and how you are obliged to house and maintain one if it is allowed.
Well where i live we don’t need anything and im guessing where you live you don’t either. You just need a secure paddock with secure fencing and maybe some hay and a grooming kit.
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have 4 horses
Well, cities and horses don’t mix. You have to live out in the country (not in city or surrounding suburbs) and you must provide a shelter and at least 1.5 acres of pasture. Thats not including a riding arena, stable, or anything else, just grazing. You don’t sound experienced though, so you shouldn’t get a horse until you know you can handle them. Horses are big, expensive, and its disasterous if you don’t know what you’re doing.
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I don’t think you need one, I don’t live there personally but my dad used to like 20 years ago and he says he didn’t have one, although the laws may have changed since then.
You just need a field, and a stable or field shelter. And all the equipment to look after a horse.
Actually I would recommend you keep a horse at a local livery, as you sound very inexperienced. They’ll help teach you what you need. x
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Owned horses all my life
You can find out the zoning laws for your county by contacting the county government offices. If you are within city limits, then you have to contact city government regarding zoning. There is almost nowhere that horses are allowed within city limits any more. Even on rural land, zoning laws govern how land is used. If horses are allowed, there are often limits to how many per acre, fencing regulations, manure disposal, shelter regulations, etc.
So, yes, in all likelihood there will be rules and regulations governing whether you can keep a horse, and how you are obliged to house and maintain one if it is allowed.
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57 years with horses
Well where i live we do not need anything like that to own a horse and i do not think it would be different in LA
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Within the CITY of Los Angeles proper, there are no areas I know of that are zoned for keeping horses on your own premises. There are some boarding stables in LA City, most notably in the Griffith Park area where the LA Equestrian Center is, where you can board horses.
Within the COUNTY of Los Angeles, in the metropolitan area that the LA Basin encompasses, there are a number of areas that are zoned for horses and where you can keep them on your own premises. The Palos Verdes peninsula area is one area; out around Burbank and Glendale in the Valley, you have some areas; out around Malibu there are a number of areas zoned for horses. Topanga Canyon and the area around there is zoned for horses.
If you want to go a bit further out, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains around Arcadia, near Santa Anita, there are equestrian estates; out past Pomona, in Montclaire and Clairmont, again out in the foothill areas, there are equestrian estates.
If you want to go even farther out, there’s Cote de Caza , which is in Orange County, and Rancho Santa Fe, out towards San Diego; out past Pomona and towards Riverside, you have the city of Norco, which is specifically zoned for horses and is one of the best equestrian areas in Southern California.
You don’t need a permit to keep a horse on a property that is zoned for horses. The areas that are zoned for horses have different requirements. But if you buy an equestrian property, you know it’s zoned for horses.
If this sounds confusing, it’s because a lot of people don’t understand that the CITY of LA doesn’t encompass the whole metropolitan area of urbanization. Just for example, if I drive from my home down to LAX (the airport), about a half-hour drive if traffic is good, I cross the boundaries from LA City to Lomita, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, then back into LA City. If I go past the Airport, I stay in LA City for about ten minutes, then I’m in Culver City, and eventually LA City again, then Santa Monica. And the whole time, it’s one contiguous urban area. But it isn’t all LA City, only a small part of it is.
Within Southern California there are a number of equestrian communities. But within LA City there aren’t any where you can keep your horse in your backyard.
Oh yeah, if you want to own a horse property around this neck of the woods, bring a BIG bank account. Even with the real estate market down, you can’t touch an equestrian property within the LA Basin area or Malibu for less than $1,000,000.
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