Brooklyn Park, MN Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Household limit
- 3 animals per dwelling, cats included
- Cure period
- 8 weeks to remove excess
- Exception
- Up to 5 with 2 trained/service animals
- Cat licensing
- None found in city code
- Last amended
- Ord. 2025-1309, March 10, 2025
Summary
In the City of Brooklyn Park, a CAT is legally an 'animal of the species Felis Domestica' under § 92.01, so cats fall under the citywide three-animal household limit in § 92.21. A dwelling may keep up to five animals over six months old only if at least two are trained assistance, detection or search-and-rescue animals.
CAT. An animal of the species Felis Domestica. ... It is unlawful to keep more than three animals at any one dwelling unit except at a commercial kennel. If an animal owner exceeds the amount of animals kept at any one dwelling unit, the owner has eight weeks to remove all animals exceeding the limit specified in this section. Up to five animals over six months of age may be kept at any one dwelling unit only if at least two of the animals are trained or in training by a recognized program with an established curriculum for animals to perform certain tasks such as animals that provide assistance to persons with disabilities, police K-9s, detecting animals, and search and rescue animals and animals awaiting adoption in foster homes under a recognized animal foster program.
Full Breakdown
01 defines CAT simply as 'an animal of the species Felis Domestica,' and the broader ANIMAL definition folds cats in with dogs, domestic animals and wild animals not kept caged in a dwelling. 21, LIMIT OF ANIMALS ON ONE PREMISES, last amended by Ord. 2025-1309 in March 2025: it is unlawful to keep more than three animals, cats included, at any one dwelling unit outside a commercial kennel, and an owner who exceeds that limit has eight weeks to remove the excess. The section allows up to five animals over six months old at a single dwelling, but only if at least two of them are trained or in training under a recognized program, such as disability-assistance dogs, police K-9s, detection animals, search-and-rescue animals, or animals awaiting adoption through a recognized foster program. 07, all of which apply to 'any animal' without singling out species. 23.
Violations & Fines
Keeping more than three cats or other animals at one Brooklyn Park dwelling violates § 92.21; the owner has eight weeks to come back into compliance before facing the § 10.99 misdemeanor penalty of up to 90 days or a $1,000 fine, or an administrative citation with a civil penalty up to $2,000 under § 37.03.
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