Osceola County, FL Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

Section 4-30(a)(1) of the Osceola County Code sets the baseline household limit for non-agriculturally zoned property inside the urban growth boundary, the zoning covering most residential subdivisions in the unincorporated county, including Buenaventura Lakes, Four Corners, and Celebration. No more than twelve domesticated animals total may be kept per residence, with sub-caps of four dogs, eight cats, and two potbellied pigs; any potbellied pigs housed outdoors must be kept in a pen or opaque fenced enclosure at least one hundred feet from the property boundary, and the pen must be accessory and incidental to the home. Chickens, pigeons, and other domesticated animals permitted under the same subsection count toward the same twelve-animal total.

Several exemptions narrow what actually counts under Section 4-30(e) through (h). Animals are not counted at all until they are at least eight weeks old and weaned. Service animals are fully exempt and never count toward the cap. Animals raised by 4-H or Future Farmers of America members for exhibitions or fairs are exempt from the limitations if the member can show proof of registration on request. Community cats, defined elsewhere in Chapter 4 as free-roaming cats cared for by area residents without being owned, are exempt and don't count either. Outside the urban growth boundary, Section 4-30(c) still caps dogs at four and cats at eight per residence, but drops the twelve-animal combined total. Osceola County Animal Services enforces these caps and can issue a civil citation when a household is found to exceed its allowance.