Lima's Codified Ordinances set no fixed numeric cap on dogs or cats per household. Instead, ownership is limited by the nuisance rule barring animals kept so as to create offensive odors or unsanitary conditions, plus state dog licensing.
Lima does not codify a hard number of dogs or cats allowed per dwelling. The practical limit comes from Lima CO 618.09, which prohibits keeping any animal or fowl so as to create noxious or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions that are a menace to public health, comfort, or safety, and general nuisance enforcement. Every dog over three months old must also be individually registered under Ohio Revised Code 955.01 with the Allen County Auditor, and each must be leashed off the owner's property. Keeping so many animals that they generate odor, sanitation, or noise nuisances can prompt abatement even without a fixed cap.
No per-head fine exists, but keeping animals that create odor or unsanitary nuisances is abatable under 618.09/618.99; unlicensed dogs are a separate offense under ORC 955.21.
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