Hamburg Village, NY Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

Section 109-7 of the Code of the Village of Hamburg sets the household dog limit, and it works as a permit trigger rather than a flat cap. Subsection A provides that no dwelling unit shall keep, house or harbor three or more dogs over six months old within the limits of the Village without a permit from the Board of Trustees. The count applies per dwelling unit, which § 109-5 defines as one or more rooms designated for occupancy by one or more residents that can lawfully be used for cooking, living and sleeping. The dwelling unit and resident definitions were added 10-19-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020, the same local law that amended § 109-7.

Only dogs over six months old count toward the three. Section 109-7 says nothing about cats, and the only mention of cats in this part of Chapter 109 is in § 109-8, which concerns animal hospitals.

Subsection B limits the permit to one year. It can be granted for that period unless it appears from the complaints of neighbors or otherwise that the keeping of the animals in question is objectionable or offensive by reason of noise, smell or other cause, and the permit is revocable at any time by the Board of Trustees. The current fee schedule is kept in the Appendix of the Code.

Section 109-8 exempts two operations from § 109-7: a public pound established by the village, and an animal hospital for the treatment, care, observation or temporary boarding of dogs or cats, if the hospital is operated by a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine under the New York State Education Law. Every dog, permitted or not, remains subject to the leash rule in § 109-6A and the noise rule in § 109-6B.