Henrico County Code imposes no fixed limit on the number of dogs or cats per home. However, Sec. 5-1 defines a 'kennel' as any establishment keeping five or more canines, felines or hybrids for breeding, boarding, sale and similar purposes - so reaching five triggers kennel licensing and zoning rules.
Chapter 5 does not cap household pets by number. The operative threshold is the Sec. 5-1 definition of 'kennel': five or more canines, felines or hybrids kept for breeding, hunting, training, renting, buying, boarding, selling or showing. A kennel pays a $50 license for up to 50 dogs (Sec. 5-49) and must meet County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 24) standards for that use. Every dog four months or older must still be individually licensed ($10 lifetime, Sec. 5-49) and currently vaccinated against rabies (Sec. 5-90). Practical limits on many pets come from the kennel/zoning threshold and from general nuisance rules rather than a flat per-home number.
Operating an unlicensed kennel (five or more animals for the listed purposes) or failing to license or vaccinate individual dogs is enforceable under Chapter 5; kennel-use zoning violations fall under Chapter 24.
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