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Buyers · Before you write an offer

Can I actually
keep horses here?

Three jurisdictions, three completely different answers — and in Orange Park Acres, two answers inside one neighbourhood. Pick where the property is.

Yorba Linda Orange County Orange Park Acres the unincorporated county island Orange Park Acres the City of Orange side Norco Horsetown USA

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Orange Park Acres — the unincorporated county island

Eight horses on an acre by right. Twelve with a permit.

About a quarter of Orange Park Acres — the historic core around Meads Avenue, Amapola Avenue and North Orange Park Boulevard — is unincorporated Orange County, entirely surrounded by the city. It runs a completely different rulebook from the rest of OPA.

Zoning overlay OC Zoning Code § 7-9-41

“E” Equine

Appears as a suffix: R1(E), E4-1(E), A1(SR)(E). 415 of the island’s 419 parcels sit in one.

Equines by right § 7-9-41.3(b)

1 per 5,000 sq ft

So a one-acre parcel supports eight.

With a permit § 7-9-41.4(a)(1)

1 per 3,500 sq ft

Recreational Equine Use Permit, from the Zoning Administrator.

Median lot, this side Parcel analysis

~1 acre

Against ~0.30 acre on the city side.

What catches people out

  1. № 01

    Check which side of the line the parcel is on before anything else

    Streets falling entirely inside the county island include Amapola Avenue, Meads Avenue, North Orange Park Boulevard, Randall Street, Hillside Drive, Morada Drive, Flying E Lane, Shetland Lane, Acre Place and Meadow Lane. Same neighbourhood, same trails, same mailing address format as the city side — different law.

  2. № 02

    The overlay is effectively unique to OPA

    There are six “E” polygons in the entire county, totalling 392 acres, and 99.9% of that acreage is in Orange Park Acres. This is not a designation you will find a comparable for elsewhere.

  3. № 03

    The Census boundary is not the boundary

    “Orange Park Acres CDP” is a real designation, but a Census-designated place by definition covers only unincorporated land — so it maps onto the island and nothing else, describing about a quarter of the community. The City’s own OPA planning layer spans both jurisdictions and is tagged, in the City’s words, “Not actually a SP area, just in name.” Neither boundary is the one people assume.

Source and currency Verified September 5, 2026

Orange County Zoning Code Sec. 7-9-41. Jurisdiction split verified against four independent sources after two researchers reached opposite conclusions.

This page reports what the published code says. It is not a zoning determination and it is not legal advice. Ordinances change, and the answer for a specific parcel can turn on its zone, its slope, its recorded easements or a permit issued decades ago. Before you rely on any of it, confirm with OC Public Works — Planning — and Sharon will make that call with you.

Take it with you

The Orange Park Acres rules as a PDF.

Code sections and all, formatted to bring to a showing or hand to your agent. No email required — the file is right here.

Download the PDF Or ask Sharon about a specific parcel

Slope, recorded easements, whether a conditional use permit was ever actually issued — those decide whether a property works and none of them are published. Sharon has sold horse property in Orange Park Acres; call her on (714) 606-7136.