King County Code Title 11 limits residential households to a small number of dogs and cats; exceeding the cap requires a kennel, cattery, or hobby license issued by Regional Animal Services of King County.
Under King County Code Title 11, unincorporated King County residents may keep a limited number of dogs and cats as companion animals before the property is treated as a kennel or cattery. Operators with more than the allowed pet count must apply for a hobby kennel/cattery license through Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC), meet zoning lot-size requirements, and pass a property inspection. Each city inside King County (Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, Renton, etc.) sets its own pet limit, but most contract animal-control services to RASKC. Licenses are renewed annually and tied to KCC Title 21A zoning classifications.
Keeping more pets than allowed without a hobby kennel or cattery license is a civil code violation enforced by RASKC, with fines, license denial, and potential animal removal.
Kent, WA
Kent decibel limits follow WAC 173-60 and KCC 8.05 using EDNA zones. Residential receiving limit is 55 dBA day and 45 dBA night. Commercial sources are cappe...
Kent, WA
Kent industrial sources are capped at 70 dBA day and 65 dBA night at another industrial property, but only 60 dBA day and 50 dBA night when received at a res...
Kent, WA
Commercial trucks over 10,000 pounds GVWR generally cannot park on Kent residential streets except for active loading. Warehouse districts and truck routes h...
Kent, WA
Kent follows Washington State Building Code EV-ready requirements for new multifamily and commercial buildings. Public chargers exist at Kent Station and sev...
Kent, WA
Kent driveway aprons require Public Works approval under KCC Title 6. New or widened driveways need a right-of-way construction permit, and vehicles must not...
Kent, WA
Kent has no city requirement to split shared fence costs with a neighbor. Washington common law controls boundary fences. Survey the property line before bui...
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