Santa Rosa County's animal ordinance sets no fixed numeric limit on dogs or cats per household. Instead, animals kept in such numbers that they disturb neighbors with noise or odors are declared an 'animal nuisance' and prohibited.
The county does not cap the number of pets by ordinance. The Animal Control Ordinance instead uses a nuisance standard: animals that habitually or continuously bark, howl, or make noise, or that are kept in such a manner or in such numbers as to disturb by noxious or offensive odors or otherwise endanger the health and welfare of residents are declared an animal nuisance. Keeping an animal nuisance is a civil infraction. Every dog and cat four months or older must still be vaccinated against rabies and licensed. In practice, so long as animals are healthy, vaccinated, and not creating noise or odor problems, no fixed count applies in the unincorporated county.
Keeping animals in numbers that create noise, odor, or a health nuisance is a civil infraction under Resolution 2019-24; nuisance animals may be impounded.
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