Unincorporated Nevada County limits households in the R1, R2, and R3 residential districts to no more than 3 dogs and/or cats. On any parcel of half an acre or less, the cap is 6 animals total with no more than 3 dogs, regardless of zoning.
The county's Animal Keeping and Raising standards (Nevada County Code Sec. 12.03.040, formerly Land Use and Development Code Sec. L-II 3.4) set dog and cat maximums by zoning district. Rural and agricultural districts (AG, AE, FR, REC, IDR, PD, TPZ, P-OS, RA) have no numeric limit, while R1, R2, and R3 districts allow not more than 3 dogs and/or cats in any combination. Limits count only animals over 6 months of age. Keeping more animals constitutes a commercial or private kennel, which requires a kennel license from the Nevada County Department of Animal Control under Code Sec. 8.01.370 and, in many districts, a use permit.
Exceeding animal-keeping standards is a zoning violation subject to county code enforcement, and operating an unlicensed kennel violates Code Sec. 8.01.370; animal-code infractions carry escalating fines of $100 to $500.
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