Animal Ordinances in Kansas City, MO (2026)

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-12(a)

No livestock or wild animals of similar or larger size shall be kept, maintained, pastured or fed within 200 feet of the nearest portion of any building in any way used by human beings, other than the dwelling occupied by the owner or keeper of any of such animals. Beyond this limitation of 200 feet, not more than two of such animals shall be kept...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-33

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping or harboring any dog or Vietnamese potbellied pig to permit, suffer or allow the dog or Vietnamese potbellied pig to run at large within the city. ...any dog or Vietnamese potbellied pig shall be deemed to have been permitted, suffered or allowed...to run at large when found outside of the residence structure of the owner, keeper or harborer a...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-60

Pit bull means any pit bull that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any pit bull displaying the physical traits of any one or more of the above breeds... No person may own, keep, or harbor any pit bull...that has not been spayed or neutered unless: The pit bull is under eight weeks of age;...[or] cannot be spayed or neutered without a...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 34-21

Beekeeping is hereby deemed and declared to be a nuisance unless each apiary, and hive therein, is maintained in a reasonable and proper manner so as to prevent unnecessary annoyance to adjacent neighbors.(c)Registration of apiaries; identification of hives. Every beekeeper must register each apiary with the director of health, and state, on forms provided by the director of health, his name, h...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-9(b)

Except insectivores animals, it is unlawful to keep or harbor any poisonous animal or any carnivorous or omnivorous animal and including but not limited to nonhuman primates, all nondomestic cats including bobcats and lynx, ocelots, mountain lions, tigers, panthers, lions, or any wild/domestic cat hybrid, wolves, wolf/dog hybrids with any percent of wolf parentage, raccoons, skunks, foxes, croc...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-28

It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person in charge of a residence to keep or allow to be kept more than four dogs or four cats, or four Vietnamese potbellied pigs or any combination of such animals exceeding four in number, over the age of 120 days at such residence unless the residence or all of the dogs, cats and Vietnamese potbellied pigs kept there are within one or more of...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-20

It shall be the duty of every person owning, keeping or harboring in the city any dog, cat or ferret over 120 days old to procure a license therefor from the commissioner of revenue or his designee. The receipt issued for the license shall constitute a certificate of registry and evidence of licensure for the keeping of such dog, cat or ferret within the city. The commissioner of revenue may de...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-60(b)

No person may own, keep, or harbor any pit bull that the person in possession knew, or should have known, was a pit bull that has not been spayed or neutered unless: a. The pit bull is under eight weeks of age; b. The pit bull cannot be spayed or neutered without a high likelihood of suffering serious bodily harm or death due to a physical abnormality...; c. The pit bull has been present in the...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-29(a)(2)d.

Microchip. That a microchip has been placed into the dog by animal health and public safety for the purpose of registering such dog with animal health and public safety. The microchip shall contain the owner's, keeper's or harborer's animal health and public safety generated and assigned "dangerous dog registration number" and such other information as required pursuant to the rules and regulat...

Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 14-39(b)(1)a

All commercial animal establishments operated and located within the city must obtain a permit from the supervisor of animal health and public safety. This permit is a prerequisite to the issuance of an occupational license for such establishment. All permits issued under this section must be renewed annually.

Kansas City Zoning and Development Code § 88-315-01, § 88-315-02

88-315-01-A. All animal shelter or boarding must be within a completely enclosed soundproofed and air-conditioned building. ... 88-315-02 - NOISE LIMITS: There may be no noise disturbance across property lines into any residential district exceeding 60 dB(A) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. and 55 dB(A) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.