Neither Carmel nor Fishers sets a simple numeric cap on household dogs or cats. Instead, keeping many animals is controlled through kennel licensing, nuisance rules, and minimum care and space standards. Owning enough animals to operate a kennel or create a nuisance triggers regulation.
Hamilton County's cities do not publish a hard per-household number for dogs and cats the way some Indiana towns do. Carmel instead regulates through care standards: Section 6-99 requires every owner to provide adequate space so each animal can turn about freely, stand, sit and lie comfortably, and prohibits animals from becoming public nuisances. Once animals are kept for breeding or in numbers resembling a commercial operation, kennel and breeder-permit rules apply. Always confirm any breeder or kennel-license threshold with your specific city.
Overcrowding that violates care or nuisance standards, or unlicensed kennel/breeding operation, is subject to city code enforcement, fines and potential impoundment.
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