Nueces County sets no limit on the number of dogs or cats because it cannot zone unincorporated areas. Pet-number caps come from your city's code. Corpus Christi and other cities may cap household pets and require registration of each dog and cat.
Because Texas counties cannot zone, there is no county ordinance capping how many dogs or cats you may keep in unincorporated Nueces County. Limits, kennel-permit thresholds, and registration requirements are set by each city. Corpus Christi's Chapter 6 code requires city registration of dogs and cats and defines a "kennel" at four or more animals over four months old, which effectively triggers permitting above that number within the city.
No county penalty; within Corpus Christi, exceeding the kennel threshold without a permit or failing to register pets is a code violation subject to citation.
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