King County Code Title 11 limits residential households to a small number of dogs and cats; exceeding the cap requires a kennel, cattery, or hobby license issued by Regional Animal Services of King County.
Under King County Code Title 11, unincorporated King County residents may keep a limited number of dogs and cats as companion animals before the property is treated as a kennel or cattery. Operators with more than the allowed pet count must apply for a hobby kennel/cattery license through Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC), meet zoning lot-size requirements, and pass a property inspection. Each city inside King County (Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, Renton, etc.) sets its own pet limit, but most contract animal-control services to RASKC. Licenses are renewed annually and tied to KCC Title 21A zoning classifications.
Keeping more pets than allowed without a hobby kennel or cattery license is a civil code violation enforced by RASKC, with fines, license denial, and potential animal removal.
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