Utica City Code sets no fixed numeric cap on dogs or cats per household. Instead, all dogs four months and older must be licensed, and premises must be kept clean and sanitary. Keeping too many animals can still be enforced as a nuisance or, in extreme cases, animal cruelty.
The Utica City Code (Chapter 2-5) does not impose a specific per-household limit on the number of dogs or cats. What it does require is that every dog aged four months or older be licensed at the City Clerk's Office and that owners keep the premises, structures, and enclosures where dogs are kept clean and sanitary (Sec. 2-5-37(D)). An excessive number of animals producing waste, odor, or noise can be addressed under the city's nuisance provisions, and severe overcrowding that endangers the animals can rise to cruelty under NY Agriculture and Markets Law Sec. 353.
Unsanitary or nuisance conditions from too many animals are cited by Codes Enforcement; extreme neglect from hoarding can be charged as a class A misdemeanor under state law.
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