Glynn County, GA Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Base limit
- 3 dogs/cats combined, 4+ months old
- Conditional limit
- Up to 6 on a 6,000 sq ft lot
- Residency condition
- Owner must live on the property
- Governing provision
- Zoning Ordinance § 609.1(e)
- Enforcing agency
- Community Development / Code Enforcement
Summary
In unincorporated Glynn County, the zoning ordinance caps residential lots at three dogs and cats over four months old. Property owners on a lot of at least 6,000 square feet with a detached single-family home may keep up to six, but only if the animal owner lives on site. Households above these numbers are in violation of the zoning code, not just animal-control rules.
e)Keeping of no more than a combined total of three dogs and/or cats that are four months of age or older. However, up to a combined total of six dogs and/or cats that are four months of age or older may be kept on a lot of record in a residential zoning district, provided that the following conditions and requirements are met:(i)The property where the animals are to be kept must be at least 6,000 square feet and have a detached one-family dwelling as the principal use; and(ii)The owner of the animals must reside on the property where the animals are kept.
Full Breakdown
1(e) of the Glynn County Zoning Ordinance lists pet-keeping as a use customarily accessory to a dwelling, and it sets a hard numeric ceiling: no more than a combined total of three dogs and cats four months of age or older on a residential lot. The ordinance carves out one conditional exception, not an automatic right. A property owner may keep up to six dogs and cats combined only if two conditions are both met: the lot must measure at least 6,000 square feet and carry a detached one-family dwelling as its principal use, and the animal owner must actually reside on the property where the animals are kept.
A landlord who does not live on site, or a lot under 6,000 square feet, is held to the three-animal cap regardless of how the animals are otherwise cared for. This limit sits in Article VI, General Provisions, of the Zoning Ordinance (last amended by Ordinance O-2017-05) rather than in the county's separate Domestic Animals chapter of the Code of Ordinances (Ch. 2-4), which handles licensing, leash and dangerous-dog rules; the two regulate different things and a household can comply with one and still violate the other.
Because the cap is a zoning standard, Glynn County Community Development and Code Enforcement, not just Animal Control, can act on a complaint that a residential lot is over its accessory-use limit.
Violations & Fines
Keeping more than three dogs and cats on a lot that does not qualify for the six-animal exception is a zoning violation Glynn County Community Development can cite through code enforcement, in addition to any separate Animal Control action under Chapter 2-4. Curing it typically means reducing the animal count to the applicable cap or, on a qualifying 6,000-square-foot lot with a resident owner, formally documenting the six-animal exception.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many dogs or cats can I keep at my home in unincorporated Glynn County?
Does the pet limit apply to puppies and kittens?
Is this the same rule as the county's dog licensing law?
Sources & Official References
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