Greenville County's animal code sets no numeric cap on the number of dogs or cats a household may keep. There is no per-home pet limit in Chapter 4; instead, care, sanitation, and anti-hoarding standards govern how many animals you can properly maintain.
The county sets no dog-or-cat headcount limit — your city may. Chapter 4 does not fix a maximum number of household pets. Instead it regulates conditions: every animal must have adequate food, water, shelter, space, and sanitary conditions (§ 4-19), and § 4-18(9) requires an exercise area of at least 24 square feet. Keeping too many animals to care for humanely can trigger the "animal hoarding" and cruelty provisions (§ 4-11, § 4-19). Separately, the Zoning Ordinance caps chickens at eight per property (Cond. 29) and limits horses/livestock by acreage (Cond. 14, 25). Incorporated cities may impose their own numeric pet limits under § 4-24.
No standalone over-limit offense; excessive animals kept in poor conditions are prosecuted as cruelty or hoarding under § 4-19 (misdemeanor, § 4-23).
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