Maricopa City Code §18.80.030 places no numerical limit on cats kept within a residence, treating them as small indoor animals alongside fish, birds, rodents, and reptiles. Cats are still subject to rabies-control, bite-reporting, and park rules under the adopted Pinal County Rabies and Animal Control Ordinance and the city parks chapter.
The City of Maricopa does not cap the number of cats per household. The zoning code's animal-keeping section, §18.80.030, expressly exempts small animals kept within a residence - listing cats, fish, small birds, rodents, and reptiles - from the household pet (dog) limits, so there is no §18.80.030 number limit on cats. Unlike dogs, cats are not subject to a citywide mandatory licensing scheme under the city's framework. They remain subject, however, to the broader animal-control rules the city adopts: the Pinal County Rabies and Animal Control Ordinance No. 050510-ACC (adopted by reference in City Code §6.05.010) and Arizona's rabies and public-health provisions in A.R.S. Title 11. Those rules cover rabies vaccination expectations, quarantine of biting animals, and impoundment/redemption procedures that can include cats. In city parks, the parks chapter (§12.20.020) requires any domesticated pet to wear current tags indicating rabies vaccination and to be under direct control (a leash of not more than six feet); cats brought to parks are covered by these same pet provisions. Cruelty, abandonment, and nuisance provisions also apply to cats. Excessive numbers of cats can still be addressed as a public nuisance even though no fixed cap exists. Residents in HOA communities should check CC&Rs, which sometimes limit total pets including cats.
Because there is no numerical cat cap, enforcement focuses on conduct: rabies and bite incidents are handled under the adopted Pinal County ordinance and A.R.S. Title 11, including quarantine of a biting cat and impoundment with redemption fees. Bringing a cat to a city park without current rabies tags or off direct control violates §12.20.020. Hoarding-level numbers or unsanitary conditions can be pursued as a public nuisance and under animal-cruelty provisions.
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