Jupiter, FL Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

Section 5-36 of the Jupiter Town Code sets the town's cap on household pets at five per lot, whether that combination is all dogs, all cats or a mix of dogs, cats and other household pets, so long as each animal is older than four months. The four-month cutoff matters because a litter of puppies or kittens under that age is not counted against the household total, giving an owner time to rehome young animals before they trigger a violation. Owners who keep a pot-bellied pig get one exception: a single spayed or neutered pot-bellied pig can be substituted for one of the five household pets, rather than added on top of the cap, and that pig must independently satisfy the separate standards in section 5-37 for size, tusk length and confinement.

Every dog or cat over four months must also carry a current rabies tag under section 5-35, secured visibly on a collar, and any animal creating a nuisance, such as habitual barking or running loose, exposes its owner to a public nuisance citation under section 5-11 in addition to any pet-count violation. The town's puppy and kitten mill ban in section 5-14 works alongside the pet limit to prevent large-scale in-home breeding operations from hiding behind the five-pet cap. Code enforcement personnel and police officers may enforce chapter 5 under the remedies set out in chapter 8, and violations carry the general civil penalty and cost-recovery provisions of section 1-14, which allow the town to pursue a civil citation, a lien for unpaid fines, or injunctive relief for a continuing violation.