Under the Burbank Municipal Code, any premises keeping five or more dogs, cats, or a combination of them aged four months or older is a 'kennel' and requires a kennel permit. Fewer than five pets needs no kennel license.
The Burbank Municipal Code does not set a household dog/cat cap in the form of an absolute prohibition; instead it regulates by the kennel threshold. BMC section 5-1-100 defines 'KENNEL' as 'any lot, building, enclosure or premises wherein five (5) or more dogs, cats, or combination thereof, four (4) months of age or over are kept' (with a narrow exception for pet shops selling rescue/adoption-agency/public-shelter animals). A 'NONCOMMERCIAL KENNEL' is any such kennel where dogs and/or cats are kept as pets. Consequently, a resident may keep up to four dogs/cats over four months of age without a kennel permit; keeping five or more triggers the kennel-permit requirements of Chapter 1. An 'OWNER' includes anyone who feeds or shelters an animal for three or more consecutive days.
Operating an unpermitted kennel (5+ dogs/cats) violates Title 5; under BMC 5-1 penalty provisions a violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $1,000 or up to six months in county jail, or both.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Burbank, CA
BMC 9-3-210 makes it unlawful to repair, rebuild, or test a motor vehicle during nighttime in or within 500 feet of a residential zone if it annoys a reasona...
Burbank, CA
BMC 9-3-214 bars leaf-blower use within or 200 feet of a residential zone between 6:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M., caps duration at 15-30 minutes per hour by parcel ...
Burbank, CA
Burbank Municipal Code Section 6-1-1003 lets residents petition to establish a residential permit parking zone, generally where at least 80 percent of adjace...
Burbank, CA
Burbank Municipal Code 10-1-203 defines a hedge as vegetation grown as a physical barrier and regulates hedges like fences, capping them at 6 feet in the R-1...
Burbank, CA
Burbank has no separate pool-fence ordinance; California state law (the Swimming Pool Safety Act, Health & Safety Code 115922-115923) controls, requiring an ...
Burbank, CA
Burbank Municipal Code 10-1-1303 (Corner Cutoff) bars any structure, object, or feature, including fences, walls, and hedges, from being erected or maintaine...
See how Burbank's pet limits rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.