Laguna Niguel Municipal Code Section 10-1-76 requires any household with four or more dogs or four or more cats over four months old to obtain an additional animal license under Section 10-2-309. In effect, up to three dogs and three cats may be kept without the extra license.
Laguna Niguel sets its pet-number rule by ordinance. Section 10-1-76 (Number of animals permitted) provides that 'each household having custody of four or more dogs or four or more cats, over the age of four months' must obtain the additional animal license required under Section 10-2-309 for each animal. Practically, a household may keep up to three dogs and three cats over four months without the extra permit; four or more of either triggers the license. That license (Division 2, Article 2) is discretionary and granted only if the animals are not a menace, after inspection (Sections 10-2-402, 10-2-403). Every dog four months or older must also be licensed and rabies-vaccinated (Section 10-1-70).
Keeping four or more dogs or four or more cats over four months without the additional animal license violates Sections 10-1-76 and 10-2-309, enforceable by administrative citation. Owning an unlicensed dog over four months violates Section 10-1-70.
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