Daytona Beach, FL Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

Section 14-12(a) sets the basic rule: no residential property may hold more animals than the maximum listed in the section, and both the animal's owner and the property's owner or occupant can be cited for exceeding it. Subsection (c) fixes the actual numbers. The first tier caps a household at a combined total of four adult dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs or ferrets, so a household could keep two dogs and two cats, four dogs, or any other combination totaling four, but not five of any mix.

A second, separate tier allows up to four adult house geckos, iguanas or birds of the psittaciforme order, such as parrots and macaws, on top of the first four. A third tier removes the headcount entirely for smaller caged species and substitutes a volume limit: any number of gerbils, hamsters and mice is allowed provided their combined cage volume stays under 40 cubic feet, any number of passeriforme-order songbirds is allowed under a combined 120-cubic-foot cage limit, and aquarium fish, amphibians and reptiles face no numeric limit at all.

The caps apply per residential dwelling unit, so a duplex or triplex resets the count for each unit rather than the whole structure. Section 14-12(d) lifts the cap entirely for a licensed kennel, wildlife rehabilitation center or shelter facility, provided the facility complies with the Land Development Code and any special permit or special exception required for that use.