Cedar Park does not impose a numerical limit on dogs or cats per household — a proposed seven-pet cap was withdrawn during the 2017 ordinance rewrite. Hoarding situations are addressed through the cruelty provisions in Article 2.07 and the public-nuisance provisions in §2.03, backed by Texas Penal Code §42.092 (cruelty to non-livestock animals).
When Cedar Park rewrote its animal ordinance, staff declined to recommend a per-household limit of seven dogs/cats after public input, and no numerical cap appears in the adopted Chapter 2. Instead, Article 2.07 (Treatment of Animals; Cruelty) and §2.03 (Public Nuisance Animals) provide the enforcement framework for hoarding-type situations. Under §2.07, owners must provide each animal with adequate food, water, shelter, veterinary care, and humane treatment. Failure to do so, or keeping animals in unsanitary or overcrowded conditions, is a violation. §2.11 (Sanitation) requires animal-keeping premises to be maintained free of accumulated feces, vermin, and odor that constitutes a nuisance. State law in Texas Penal Code §42.092 (cruelty to non-livestock animals) makes it a Class A misdemeanor (or state jail felony for prior convictions) to fail to provide necessary food, care, or shelter, or to keep an animal in cruel conditions — the typical hoarding scenario. Texas Penal Code §42.09 covers cruelty to livestock. Animal Control officers may seize animals under Tex. Health & Safety Code §821.022 when cruel treatment is observed; the city Municipal Court can divest ownership and order forfeiture.
Local Class C misdemeanor under §1.01.009 — up to $500 per day for §2.03/§2.07/§2.11 violations. State cruelty charges under Tex. Penal Code §42.092 are Class A misdemeanors (up to $4,000 and 1 year jail) for first offense, escalating to state jail felony (180 days–2 years; $10,000) for subsequent offenses. Animals may be seized under Tex. HSC §821.022, with owner forfeiture and reimbursement of impoundment costs ordered by Municipal Court.
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