Phoenix sets no flat per-household cap on cats or dogs, but defines a 'kennel' as five or more dogs kept under controlled conditions, which triggers kennel regulation and zoning. Potbelly pigs are capped at three per household.
Phoenix City Code Sec. 8-1 defines a 'kennel' as an enclosed, controlled area, inaccessible to other animals, in which a person keeps, harbors or maintains five or more dogs under controlled conditions. There is no separate numeric ceiling on household dogs in Chapter 8, but reaching five dogs places the property within the kennel definition, which is regulated through the city's zoning and animal-control framework. Sec. 8-8(b) caps miniature (Vietnamese potbelly) pigs at three per household. Poultry and rodent numbers are limited by acreage under Sec. 8-7(b). General keeping of any animal is conditioned on not creating a health nuisance under Sec. 8-8(a).
Operating a kennel (five or more dogs) without complying with zoning/permit requirements, or exceeding the three-pig limit, is an animal-code violation subject to civil sanction.
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