Clark County, IN Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

05 sets two separate triggers. The first is a straight head count: more than four dogs, cats, or other household domestic animals over four months of age kept on the same premises makes the property a kennel, regardless of whether any money changes hands. The second trigger is commercial: keeping more than two such animals for remuneration, meaning boarding, breeding, or caring for them in exchange for payment, or keeping them for sale, also meets the KENNEL definition even below the four-animal count. 48, which lists 'Animal hospitals and kennels' as Special Use 6, a classification that requires Board of Zoning Appeals approval, a public hearing, and mailed notice to abutting property owners before the animals can lawfully be kept at that count.

41, sets facility standards for any premises meeting the animal-control definition of a kennel too, including semiannual inspection by a county-appointed inspector, a $20 inspection fee, and an annual $5 kennel license from the County Auditor, on top of the zoning approval. Puppies and kittens four months old or younger are not counted toward the four-animal threshold under the plain text of the definition.