No Birmingham-specific ordinance sets a fixed maximum number of household dogs or cats; Alabama state law does not impose a numeric pet limit either. Animals must still be confined, vaccinated for rabies, and may not be kept so as to create a public nuisance.
No Birmingham-specific ordinance directly addresses a numeric per-household dog or cat limit; the Alabama state default applies, and Alabama Code Title 3 (Animals) sets no statewide cap on the number of household pets. Instead of a head-count limit, Birmingham relies on its at-large prohibition, rabies-vaccination/licensing requirements, and nuisance and sanitation provisions of its Animals and Fowl code (Title 6, Chapter 1). Keeping an excessive number of animals can be addressed as a public nuisance or sanitation violation. Municipal authority to control and regulate dogs and cats is confirmed by Ala. Code 3-7A-14, which provides that the rabies chapter does not limit the power of any municipality 'to further control and regulate dogs or cats in such municipality.' Anyone keeping farm fowl or livestock is separately constrained by the city's zoning ordinance, which caps hens at six per residential property (see chickens/livestock).
There is no per-animal count citation; enforcement is through nuisance, sanitation, rabies-vaccination and at-large provisions. Conditions involving large numbers of animals are typically pursued as public-nuisance or animal-cruelty matters.
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