Coconut Creek, FL Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

The City of Coconut Creek, in Broward County, Florida, controls how many dogs and cats a household keeps through the kennel definition, not through a stated cap. Section 5-2 defines a kennel as an establishment for the breeding, boarding or selling of cats and dogs, or any place where four (4) or more dogs or cats, or any combination, over four (4) months of age are kept, unless the kennel is maintained in compliance with applicable zoning and licensing requirements of the Code.

The count works in three ways. Dogs and cats are added together, so two dogs and two cats meet the threshold. Only animals over four (4) months of age are counted, so a young litter does not push a home past the line. And the definition reaches any place, not only a business, so a private residence with four adult pets falls inside it.

Section 5-10 then makes it unlawful for any person to own, keep, or permit to be kept or maintained, or permit on the premises, a kennel unless the kennel is maintained in compliance with applicable zoning and licensing provisions of the Code. A household with three or fewer adult dogs and cats stays outside the definition. A household at four or more needs a kennel that satisfies the zoning and licensing provisions of the Code, which the Land Development Code in Chapter 13 controls. The kennel definition counts only dogs and cats: Chapter 5 sets no number for rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, parrots, parakeets or turtles, which § 5-2 lists as domestic animals. The Police Department and the Department of Sustainable Development enforce Chapter 5 under § 5-4, and § 5-3 adopts Chapter 4 of the Broward County Code to the extent it gives the highest and best standard for animal safety.