Fort Lauderdale sets no flat numeric limit on household dogs or cats, but Sec. 6-34 defines four or more dogs or cats over four months of age as a 'kennel,' which is unlawful unless it complies with applicable zoning and licensing provisions.
Sec. 6-34 makes it unlawful to keep or maintain a kennel unless it meets the city's zoning and licensing provisions, and defines a kennel as any place where four (4) or more dogs or cats over four (4) months of age are kept. In practice this means keeping four or more such animals at a residence triggers kennel regulation. There is no separate per-household cap on pets in Chapter 6; Broward County Code Chapter 4 likewise sets registration and welfare rules rather than a countywide numeric pet limit.
Operating an unpermitted kennel (four or more dogs/cats over four months) is unlawful under Sec. 6-34, enforced by code-enforcement citation and zoning/licensing action.
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