Redlands, CA Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

Section 18.40.040, the Accessory Uses section of the R-S Suburban Residential District chapter, lists among the accessory uses permitted alongside a single-family dwelling 'the keeping of not more than three (3) adult dogs and three (3) adult cats, and their litters up to the age of ten (10) weeks.' The same section separately authorizes keeping hens under section 18.29.030. Section 18.44.040, the Accessory Uses section for the R-1 Single-Family Residential District, states plainly that 'in R-1 Zones, the accessory uses listed in section 18.40.040 of this title are permitted,' which pulls the three-dog, three-cat cap directly into R-1 lots, the zone that covers the bulk of Redlands' single-family housing stock.

Separately, the R-R-A Rural Residential Animals District uses a lot-area sliding scale instead of a flat number: Table 18.29.030(c)(1) allows two dogs or cats combined on a lot under 7,200 square feet, rising to three on 7,200 to 9,999 square feet, four on 10,000 to 19,999 square feet, and five on lots of 20,000 square feet or more. Across every district, the code's own footnote to that table defines a 'kennel' as five or more cats or dogs on one lot, which requires a conditional use permit under the R-R-A chapter and supersedes the general kennel definition at section 18.08.350.

Litters are excluded from the count only until the puppies or kittens reach ten weeks (R-S/R-1) or, under the R-R-A newborn-animal exception in section 18.29.030(I), until they are weaned or four months old, whichever is longer.