Clark County caps dogs through its kennel definition: keeping more than five adult dogs inside the urban growth boundary, or more than nine outside it, makes a property a "kennel" requiring proper licensing and zoning. There is no comparable numeric cap on cats.
CCC 8.01.020(19) defines a "kennel" to include any premises inside the urban growth boundary where more than five adult dogs are kept for any purpose, or outside the urban growth boundary where more than nine adult dogs are kept, plus premises used for commercial breeding, sale, boarding, or training. An "adult dog" is one over six months old. Exceeding these counts means the property is a kennel, which must meet facility conditions in Chapter 8.11 and applicable zoning; running an unlicensed kennel is a code violation. The county sets no fixed numeric limit on household cats, though nuisance and cruelty rules still apply.
Operating an over-limit or unlicensed kennel violates Title 8; enforcement runs through Chapter 8.19 — civil penalties for first violations, misdemeanor (up to $1,000) for continued or serious violations.
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