Animal Ordinances in North Carolina (2026)

North Carolina's Right to Farm Act limits nuisance lawsuits and local restrictions on bona fide farm operations…

Concord bans keeping or harboring cattle, sheep, goats, domestic fowl or swine anywhere within the city limits, with…

Apex bans keeping livestock and male chickens within town limits, but hens, horses, ponies, rabbits, and small neutered…

Keeping chickens or other fowl in Asheville requires an annual license under City Code § 3-50, and roosters are flatly…

Keeping chickens, other domestic fowl, or livestock such as goats, cows or horses in Charlotte requires a $40 annual…

Gastonia allows backyard hens only with a permit and only on lots of at least a quarter acre, capping flocks at five to…

Keeping poultry, livestock or a wild animal in Wilmington requires a permit under City Code § 6-2, and only hens are…

Brunswick County's UDO lists poultry and livestock keeping as an 'Agricultural' use, permitted by right only in the RR…

Buncombe County cannot zone out bona fide farm uses, so keeping chickens, fowl, and livestock on qualifying property in…

Unincorporated Cabarrus County allows up to 15 female chickens on lots under five acres, scaled by acreage, but bans…

In the Town of Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, the Land Development Ordinance lets homeowners on lots of 6,000+…

Cumberland County prohibits livestock from running at large. Under Code Sec. 3-19 it is unlawful to permit or…

Durham allows up to ten female chickens per lot within the city, with no permit needed but strict coop and pen…

Durham County Code Sec. 4-13 defines livestock as equine, bovine, sheep, goats, llamas, and swine per NCGS Ch. 68. The…

Fayetteville repealed its own animal chapter in 2012 and adopted Cumberland County Code Chapter 3 instead. Inside city…

Keeping horses, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, and fowl on qualifying property in unincorporated Forsyth County is…

Greensboro allows backyard chickens and bees on lots of 7,000 square feet or larger, with coops set back 25 to 50 feet…

In Guilford County's agricultural zoning district, any structure or enclosed area used to house poultry, hogs, cattle…

High Point allows up to five hens per single-family dwelling, bans roosters entirely, requires enclosures 40 feet from…

Kill Devil Hills allows three to six chicken hens (no roosters) per lot as an accessory residential use, but only west…

Moore County bans tethering fowl, selling baby chicks or ducklings under eight weeks old as pets, and dyeing baby…

Nash County's animal control chapter, Sec. 4-20, explicitly declines to regulate or restrict generally accepted…

Raleigh City Code § 12-3031 bars anyone from keeping a stable for cattle, non-pygmy goats, or horses within 200 feet of…

Rockingham County requires livestock and other animals to be fenced or restrained unless kept on a lot of one acre or…

Rose Hill lets residents keep chickens and other livestock only if they're fenced in or kept indoors, and domestic fowl…

Shelby bans keeping hogs, pigs, or swine within 400 feet of any residence, business, cemetery, playground, or park…

Outside of a bona fide farm, any area in unincorporated Union County where livestock or poultry are housed must sit at…

Winston-Salem requires anyone keeping horses, mules, donkeys, goats, sheep, or cattle within city limits to fence and…

Craven County's zoning ordinance (Article III) doesn't apply to property used for bona fide farm purposes, and the code…

In unincorporated Davidson County, the zoning ordinance does not regulate chickens, poultry or livestock kept as part…

Pitt County's Zoning Ordinance exempts bona fide farm operations, including keeping poultry and livestock, from zoning…

In unincorporated Rowan County, raising chickens or other livestock as agricultural production is a permitted-by-right…

Wake County's UDO permits agriculture, including livestock and poultry keeping, as a by-right use in every residential…

North Carolina sets statewide dangerous dog standards under N.C.G.S. Chapter 67, but specific leash requirements are…

In unincorporated Buncombe County, dogs and other animals must stay on the owner's premises. Off the property, an…

In unincorporated Cumberland County, dogs and cats must stay confined or under physical control. Under Code Sec. 3-19…

Durham County Code Sec. 4-86 makes it unlawful to intentionally or negligently allow a dog to run at large. Off the…

In Forsyth County it is unlawful to let any animal, including cats, run at large (Sec. 6-13). Dogs must be leashed in…

Alamance County's Animal Control Ordinance does not impose a blanket leash law, but once an animal control officer…

Apex enforces the Wake County Animal Control Ordinance's leash and restraint rules: dogs off the owner's property must…

Asheville dogs, and other non-cat animals, must stay on the owner's property or be under an 8-foot leash, chain or…

In unincorporated Brunswick County, North Carolina, owners must keep dogs and other animals on their own property or…

The Town of Cary makes it unlawful to let a domestic animal run at large in town or on town property, with dogs allowed…

Catawba County defines an unrestrained dog off its owner's property as 'at large' and treats habitual roaming onto a…

Charlotte's animal ordinance requires every dog and most other animals to stay under sufficient physical restraint at…

Unincorporated Cleveland County requires a dog to stay on its owner's property or under restraint. A dog found off that…

Craven County's code does not set a general at-large law for dogs countywide, but it does require a leash no longer…

Davidson County bans letting a dog or other animal roam loose off its owner's property. Any animal off-property and not…

Gaston County requires every animal to stay on the owner's property unless it is on a leash, chain or harness held in…

In Gastonia's parks and on its greenways, dogs must stay on a leash no longer than eight feet; other livestock and…

Greensboro requires every animal except cats to be under sufficient physical restraint, leash, fence, secure enclosure…

Dogs on a Guilford County lot under one acre must be leashed, caged, fenced or otherwise physically restrained at all…

Harnett County Code § 90.06(A) bans letting a dog run at large off its owner's direct control, with escalating civil…

High Point Code § 12-2-1 makes it unlawful to let a dog run at large, defining 'at large' as any dog not enclosed…

Iredell County Code § 3-8(1) lets an animal control officer pick up any dog or other animal 'not under direct control…

Johnston County Code § 4-9 bars any owner from permitting or negligently allowing a dog to run at large off the owner's…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, a dog cannot be off its owner's property unrestrained and under direct…

Lincoln County's leash law only applies inside listed subdivisions, not the whole unincorporated county: § 92.08 bans…

Nash County bans letting any dog run at large across the unincorporated county under Sec. 4-7(a), and separately…

New Hanover County Code of Ordinances § 5-9 bans letting a dog, cat, or ferret run at large off its owner's property…

Onslow County Code § 4-11 makes it unlawful for any person to let a dog run at-large on public property, streets…

Dogs off the owner's property must be under the restraint of a competent person. Orange County also caps tethering at…

Pitt County makes every dog owner responsible for the animal's care and control and bans letting a dog run at large…

Raleigh City Code § 12-3011 makes it unlawful for a dog's owner to let the animal run at large anywhere in the city or…

Rockingham County requires dogs off the owner's property, or on lots under an acre, to be leashed, caged, or fenced…

Rose Hill requires every dog and cat to stay under its owner's immediate control at all times: fenced or otherwise…

Rowan County requires every dog and cat to be under sufficient restraint at all times, on or off the owner's property…

Shelby dogs must stay on their owner's property or be on a tether or leash anywhere else, with fines starting at $50.

Union County's animal ordinance defines when a dog is "at large" and requires restraint in specific situations: puppies…

Wake County Code §91.07 prohibits owners from permitting any animal to be at large in unincorporated Wake County, and…

Wayne County Code § 10-5 makes it unlawful for any owner to let an animal run at large off the owner's property and…

Wilmington City Code § 6-3.1 bars any dog owner from letting the animal run at-large off the owner's property unless it…

Winston-Salem requires dogs off the owner's property to be leashed, chained, or otherwise under a competent person's…

Moore County treats a dog or other animal that is repeatedly off its owner's property and not under restraint as a…

Craven County regulates dogs by behavior rather than breed, declaring a dog vicious, dangerous, or potentially…

Pitt County does not regulate dogs by breed; instead it declares a dog "dangerous" or "vicious" based on documented…

Alamance County has no breed-specific ban; instead its Animal Control Ordinance lets the Sheriff declare any dog…

Asheville does not ban specific breeds, but its animal control officer can declare any dog "dangerous" under N.C.G.S. §…

Brunswick County, North Carolina regulates dogs by proven behavior, not by breed. A dog is declared dangerous through a…

Catawba County regulates dogs by behavior, not breed: the director of emergency services can declare a dog dangerous…

Cleveland County has no breed-specific ban. Code § 3-1 defines a dangerous dog by conduct, such as an unprovoked bite…

Davidson County does not ban breeds; it regulates individual dogs found dangerous by behavior. A dog that unprovoked…

Gaston County has no breed ban; instead Sec. 3-5(g)-(h) lets animal control declare any individual dog vicious…

Guilford County has no breed ban: dogs are judged by behavior, not breed, under the county's…

Harnett County doesn't ban breeds by name, but § 90.09 lets the General Services Director declare any dog dangerous or…

High Point's dangerous-dog ordinance is based on a dog's behavior, not its breed: no breed is named or restricted…

Johnston County does not ban any dog breed by name. Instead, § 4-13 lets the Animal Services Department Head declare an…

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina has no breed-specific ban: § 94.20 lets the Chief of Police individually determine…

Lincoln County has no breed-specific ban: § 92.11.2 of the Dangerous Dog Ordinance classifies a dog as dangerous or…

Moore County has no breed-specific ban; instead it regulates any dog the animal operations director determines is…

Nash County has no breed-specific ban; instead Sec. 4-12 lets the Health Director declare any individual dog…

New Hanover County does not ban specific dog breeds. Article II of Chapter 5 instead lets a two-person board declare an…

Rowan County has no breed ban; instead County Code Section 5-39 lets the health director, environmental health…

Shelby makes it unlawful to own or keep any animal declared dangerous or potentially dangerous, based on behavior…

Union County doesn't regulate by breed. Instead the chief animal control officer can declare any dog "potentially…

Wake County has no breed-specific ban; instead it regulates individual dogs declared dangerous or potentially…

Wayne County does not restrict dog breeds by name; instead the Animal Services Department Head decides case by case…

Buncombe County does not ban any dog breed. Both the county code (Sec. 6-28) and NC state law (NCGS 67-4.1) define a…

Forsyth County does not ban any dog breed. North Carolina law (NCGS 67-4.1) defines a 'dangerous dog' by behavior, not…

Greensboro follows NC dangerous dog law (N.C.G.S. 67-4.1), behavior-based not breed-based. No BSL in effect. Dangerous…

Onslow County has no breed-specific ordinance: sections 4-3 and 4-15 define "dangerous" and "potentially dangerous"…

Raleigh does not ban specific dog breeds. Instead, North Carolina General Statute §67-4.3 and Raleigh City Code…

Rose Hill does not ban dogs by breed, but its code defines a 'potentially vicious dog' by behavior, including any dog…

Cary does not impose breed-specific legislation. North Carolina state law addresses dangerous dogs regardless of breed…

Cumberland County imposes no breed-specific ban. No pit bull, Rottweiler, or other breed is prohibited by name. The…

Durham County imposes no breed-specific ban. It controls dangerous dogs by behavior under Chapter 4, Article VIII and…

Fayetteville does not enforce breed-specific legislation. North Carolina regulates dogs based on behavior under the…

Wilmington does not impose breed-specific bans. North Carolina law does not prohibit specific breeds. Dangerous dog…

Winston-Salem bans no dog breeds. NC has no BSL preemption, but the city uses a behavior-based dangerous dog rule under…

North Carolina law protects backyard beekeeping statewide. Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-645, no county may ban owning…

Asheville allows residential beehives but bans placing one within 100 feet of any neighboring household under City Code…

Brunswick County's Unified Development Ordinance treats beekeeping (apiculture) as an agricultural use. The Use Table…

The Town of Cary, Wake County, North Carolina allows residential beekeeping as an accessory use with a town permit: up…

Beekeeping is permitted in Cornelius residential zones with setback requirements. Hives must be at least 10 feet from…

Greensboro LDO Sec. 30-8-11.3 allows beekeeping. Hives must be 50+ ft from property lines. Max one colony per 1,500 sq…

Beekeeping in High Point is subject to city regulations and NC state apiary laws. Hives must be managed responsibly…

Beekeeping in Wake County is governed primarily by North Carolina state law, not by Wake County. NCGS Chapter 106…

Beekeeping is generally permitted in Wilmington. Hives must be registered with the NC Department of Agriculture and…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed in Winston-Salem with setbacks. Hives must sit at least 10 feet from property lines…

Raleigh's UDO doesn't zone backyard beekeeping as its own use: the only beehive rule sits inside the Community Garden…

Beekeeping in Charlotte is protected by GS §106-635 et seq. (NC Bee and Honey Act). State law prohibits local…

Durham's Unified Development Ordinance lists apiculture as a permitted-by-right use across every residential district…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed in Huntersville under the UDO with setbacks of 10 feet from property lines. North…

North Carolina restricts possession of native wildlife under Wildlife Resources Commission rules and sets statewide…

Apex, North Carolina bans keeping, breeding, or possessing exotic or non-native venomous animals anywhere within town…

Asheville bans keeping or exhibiting any wild animal within city limits under City Code Sec. 3-14, covering bears, big…

Buncombe County Sec. 6-61 makes it unlawful to keep any venomous reptile or any other wild or exotic animal within the…

Catawba County bans harboring dangerous exotic animals outright: primates, big cats, bears, wolf hybrids, venomous or…

Charlotte bans keeping any venomous reptile or other wild or exotic animal within city limits, and the city does not…

Cleveland County bans possessing or harboring an inherently dangerous animal, defined as species including wolves, big…

Cornelius prohibits keeping wild and exotic animals including venomous snakes, non-human primates, large cats, bears…

Cumberland County bans keeping, harboring, breeding, selling, or trading any wild or exotic animal, from alligators and…

Davidson County outright bans owning big cats, wolf hybrids, great apes, bears, and venomous reptiles as pets. Owners…

Durham County Code Article XI requires a permit for keeping an exotic animal. Sec. 4-302 bars keeping an exotic animal…

Forsyth County Sec. 6-54 makes it unlawful for any person or business to possess, harbor, or have an inherently…

Gaston County bars keeping a wild animal as a pet anywhere in the unincorporated county unless it was registered with…

Gastonia bans keeping any state-classified wild animal without a North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission permit…

Guilford County Sec. 5-11 and 5-26 regulate exotic animals in Greensboro. Bears, lions, tigers, wolves prohibited…

Harnett County Code § 90.12 flatly bans keeping inherently dangerous wild or exotic animals, including big cats…

High Point bans keeping lions, tigers, elephants, bears, or any other nondomesticated animal in a residential area…

Iredell County Code § 3-8(8) makes it unlawful for any owner or other person to possess or harbor a wild or exotic…

Johnston County Code § 4-15 makes it unlawful to keep an 'inherently dangerous mammal' anywhere in the county: any…

Lincoln County bans owning most dangerous exotic animals outright: § 92.12.5 makes it unlawful to import, possess, or…

Moore County bars possessing or harboring any nondomestic animal that is dangerous to people or property, or that could…

Unincorporated Nash County bans keeping any inherently dangerous animal, defined as a non-domestic mammal that is…

Pitt County bans owning big cats, venomous reptiles and amphibians, large nonvenomous reptiles and wolves as pets…

Raleigh banned dangerous wild animals as pets effective Sept 3, 2022 (Ordinance 2022-395, Sec. 12-3004). Prohibited…

Rockingham County bans keeping any dangerous wild animal on your property, with narrow exceptions for zoos, circuses…

Wayne County Code § 10-7 bars anyone from keeping an inherently dangerous mammal, defined as a wild canid, a large wild…

Winston-Salem bans inherently dangerous exotics: big cats, bears, wolves, primates, and venomous reptiles. N.C.G.S…

Brunswick County, North Carolina does not ban exotic pets outright: it requires a $100 annual sheriff-issued permit…

The Town of Cary requires a valid federal or state permit plus secure confinement or restraint before anyone may keep…

Unincorporated Craven County allows big cats, bears, wolves and similar wild and dangerous animals only inside a double…

Guilford County bans keeping any dangerous wild animal outright under Sec. 5-25, but a broader category of "exotic…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, owning a wild or exotic animal such as a lion, wolf, venomous reptile…

Onslow County treats all wildlife as under state and federal authority: section 4-28 bars anyone from possessing a wild…

Rowan County doesn't ban exotic pets outright, but County Code Section 5-40 requires every owner of an exotic or…

Union County bans owning a wild animal that weighs more than 50 pounds outright. Anything at or under that weight must…

Feeding or attracting bears or other wild animals in a way that endangers people, pets or property is a public nuisance…

Buncombe County's animal ordinance makes it a public nuisance to feed, harbor or attract bears or other wild animals if…

Cumberland County makes it unlawful to knowingly and intentionally harbor, feed, or keep any stray animal that isn't…

Forsyth County's animal code has no general ordinance against feeding backyard wildlife, but it bars keeping or…

Raleigh discourages feeding of wildlife such as deer, raccoons, coyotes, and waterfowl, and prohibits feeding that…

Fayetteville has no ordinance against feeding wildlife or stray animals. Cumberland County Chapter 3 governs animals…

Cumberland County has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but its Nuisance/Reckless Owner rule (Code Sec. 3-29)…

Asheville caps casual pet-keeping at six animals per household or lot; a seventh or more requires a written permit from…

Charlotte requires a special $40 bureau permit before keeping three or more dogs or cats that spend significant time…

Rockingham County treats keeping too many animals as a public nuisance, not a hoarding permit scheme, and animal…

Buncombe County sets no simple household pet limit, but keeping seven or more dogs or cats on one premises makes the…

The Town of Cary treats animals kept in excessive numbers or in ways offensive or dangerous to public health as a…

Durham County Code Sec. 4-37 requires a kennel license for anyone who owns, maintains, possesses, or controls five or…

Forsyth County's animal code sets no flat numeric limit on how many dogs or cats you may keep. Instead, keeping animals…

Keeping property in a condition that's offensive or dangerous to the community because of the number, type, variety…

Guilford County Code Chapter 5 sets no general numeric limit on the number of dogs or cats a household may keep…

Moore County caps how many cats can share one primary enclosure at 12, under the animal care standards in its…

Rose Hill caps most households at four total dogs and cats combined, under a rule the town enforces alongside its…

Shelby declares keeping too many dogs a public nuisance if the numbers create unsanitary, noisy, or annoying conditions…

Wilmington households may keep up to four dogs over four months old without a permit; keeping five or more turns the…

Pitt County places no cap on how many dogs or cats a person may own for personal, non-breeding purposes. The county's…

High Point bars any animal, not just dogs, from running at large, and separately requires owners of non-dog animals…

Apex adopted the Wake County Animal Control Ordinance as its own animal law in 1994. A cat is 'at large' unless…

Brunswick County, North Carolina treats a roaming or nuisance cat as an animal-control violation and gives feral cats a…

Cats four months or older in Buncombe County must be vaccinated against rabies and wear a collar with the current…

Every cat over four months old living in Charlotte needs a current city license tag and proof of rabies vaccination…

Craven County law treats anyone who feeds or shelters a stray cat for 72 hours as its legal owner or keeper, and every…

Cumberland County requires cats, like dogs, to be rabies-vaccinated and licensed. Under Code Sec. 3-40 it is unlawful…

Durham County's animal ordinance applies to cats: they must be rabies-vaccinated (Sec. 4-39) and, like all animals, are…

Cats in Forsyth County must be licensed (Sec. 6-10) and rabies-vaccinated at three months or older (Sec. 6-25). Cats…

Johnston County has no separate cat license or feral-colony program; instead Chapter 4's animal control rules simply…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, every cat over four months old must carry a current rabies…

In unincorporated Lincoln County, a cat that Animal Services determines to be feral gets a shorter shelter hold than…

In unincorporated Moore County, feral cat colony caregivers must follow Moore County Code Section 4-11's…

In unincorporated Nash County, no ordinance licenses cats, but Sec. 4-7 bans letting any cat run at large and…

Pitt County treats stray, at-large, unwanted and nuisance cats the way it treats stray dogs: Animal Services can place…

Raleigh City Code § 12-3008 requires every cat four months or older to have a current rabies inoculation, valid for…

Every cat kept within Rose Hill must be registered at Town Hall for a one-time $10 fee within 30 days of acquisition…

Rowan County doesn't require cat licensing, but County Code Section 5-112 sets up a trap-neuter-return system: anyone…

In unincorporated Union County, it is unlawful for a cat or dog owner to let a female animal in heat go unconfined…

Wayne County Code §§ 10-17 and 10-19 require every cat four months or older to carry a current rabies vaccination. Cats…

Unlike dogs, pet cats in Asheville aren't required to be leashed off their owner's property under City Code Sec…

Greensboro's leash-and-restraint requirement in City Code Section 5-3(a)(1) applies to "any animal, excluding cats."…

Guilford County does not require cats to be leashed or fenced in, the way it does dogs, but every cat over four months…

Cleveland County has no cat licensing requirement. Instead, Code § 3-122 runs a community cat management program…

Every dog or cat six months or older in Asheville must be spayed or neutered under City Code Sec. 3-5(b), unless the…

Every dog or cat over six months old in Guilford County must be spayed or neutered unless the owner holds a $200…

Harnett County doesn't require sterilizing pets generally, but once a dog is finally declared dangerous or potentially…

Lincoln County does not require spay or neuter for pets generally. Under Lincoln County Code § 92.21(B)(2), the Animal…

Apex has no town-wide spay/neuter mandate for dogs or cats. Its only mandatory-neuter rule is narrower: a miniature pig…

Buncombe County requires every dog or cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner buys a $100…

Adopting a dog, cat or rabbit from Charlotte's animal shelter is a conditional purchase: the buyer must also pay for…

Craven County requires every dog or cat adopted from a releasing agency, such as the county shelter, to be spayed or…

Cumberland County requires any dog or cat found running at large to be spayed or neutered before animal services…

Davidson County does not require every pet to be fixed, but a two-strike rule does: once an owner has been cited for…

Durham County has no general law forcing every dog or cat owner to spay or neuter their pet, but its…

Forsyth County has no blanket spay/neuter mandate, but any dog the department of public health or FCSO declares…

Gaston County requires every dog or cat adopted from its animal shelter to be spayed or neutered; Sec. 3-11(b) bundles…

Iredell County does not mandate spay or neuter for pets generally, but Code § 3-17(2)d requires every dog and cat…

Moore County Code Section 4-88 requires every group, organization or entity that offers animals for adoption within the…

Onslow County does not require spaying or neutering pets generally, but section 4-19(a)(5) mandates it for any dog…

Rowan County doesn't mandate spay/neuter for every pet, but County Code Section 5-104(b) requires every dog or cat…

Union County doesn't require every pet owner to spay or neuter, but anyone adopting a dog or cat from the county animal…

Wayne County Code § 10-29 requires every unsterilized dog or cat adopted from the county shelter at five months or…

Cleveland County does not require every pet to be sterilized, but Animal Services can order mandatory spay/neuter as a…

Johnston County does not require owners countywide to sterilize every dog or cat. What § 4-17(3) mandates is that any…

New Hanover County does not impose a blanket spay/neuter mandate on every pet owner. Instead, § 5-27 requires any…

Rockingham County does not require owners to spay or neuter dogs or cats. Instead, the annual license tax is $15.00 for…

Asheville has no citywide microchip mandate for every pet, but under City Code § 3-28(b)(4) the animal control officer…

Lincoln County does not require every pet to be microchipped, but § 92.11.4 makes it mandatory for any dog the county…

Pitt County doesn't run a county-wide chipping mandate for pet dogs at home. It does require the Animal Shelter to…

Charlotte does not require pet owners to microchip their animals. Instead, Section 3-136(a)(4) authorizes the Animal…

Nash County does not require microchipping for pets generally; the only county-wide chip mandate applies to a dog the…

Rowan County requires dogs and cats to wear a current rabies tag on a collar or harness at all times, but County Code…

Cleveland County does not require every pet to carry a microchip. Under Code § 3-81(5), a microchipped cat is exempt…

Moore County bars possessing a coyote or coyote hybrid, or a wolf or wolf hybrid, as a pet in unincorporated Moore…

Lincoln County does not run a coyote cull or hazing program. Instead, its park preservation ordinance bans harassing…

Durham County does not ban pet shops from selling dogs or cats; it licenses and regulates them instead. Section 8-104…

Guilford County does not ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats, but animal control officers can inspect any pet…

New Hanover County does not require pet stores to sell only shelter animals, but § 5-20 makes it unlawful for anyone to…

Raleigh does not ban pet shops from selling dogs, cats, or other animals and has no adoption-only mandate; instead…

Cleveland County does not ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats. Code § 3-56 bans selling, trading or giving away a…

Unincorporated Nash County confines kennels and pet grooming businesses to the RC and GC zoning districts under the…

Apex requires pet grooming, day spa, and daycare businesses to operate entirely indoors, serve only companion animals…

Concord's zoning code lists 'Animal Grooming Establishment, no overnight boarding' as its own permitted use in the Use…

Greensboro's Land Development Ordinance classifies pet grooming as a Personal Service use within the Personal and…

Raleigh's UDO regulates pet groomers under the "Animal Care" use category, which by definition includes animal grooming…

Unincorporated Union County zones dog and cat grooming shops as an Animal Service use under the county's Unified…

In unincorporated Cabarrus County, running a veterinary hospital, animal shelter or commercial kennel is not allowed by…

Cary's Land Development Ordinance bars veterinary hospitals and offices from keeping kennels outside the principal…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, a veterinary hospital or clinic is not a permitted use everywhere; it…

Raleigh's UDO keeps veterinary clinics and hospitals out of every residential and RX- district entirely. They're…

Apex's Unified Development Ordinance requires veterinary clinics and animal hospitals in the O&I, B1, PC, TF, and…

Brunswick County's UDO allows veterinary clinics, animal hospitals and kennels as a limited use in the RR district, but…

Charlotte zones veterinary offices under its 'Animal Care Facility' use category, which also covers boarding, grooming…

A veterinary office, clinic, or practice (NAICS 54194) needs a special use permit from the Board of Adjustment in…

Concord's Development Ordinance regulates veterinary clinics and animal hospitals through its mixed-use (MX) zone…

Durham zones veterinary clinics, animal hospitals, and kennels under UDO Sec. 5.3.4.W with separation and screening…

Fayetteville's citywide use table shuts veterinary clinics out of every residential district, from single-family SF-15…

Greensboro's Land Development Ordinance controls where veterinary clinics, pet groomers and kennels can operate, and it…

Harnett County zoning treats a veterinarian service as a regulated animal-services use under the Unified Development…

High Point's Development Ordinance limits outdoor kennels and animal hospitals with exercise yards to the Light…

Pitt County's Zoning Ordinance lets veterinary clinics locate only in the RA Rural Agricultural and RR Rural…

Rose Hill's zoning code allows a veterinary clinic, listed in the text as an 'animal hospital,' only in the HB-1…

A veterinary clinic classified as SIC 0742 in unincorporated Rowan County must keep animal shelter buildings and…

Union County's Unified Development Ordinance zones animal hospitals and veterinary clinics as a distinct Animal Service…

Asheville designates its entire corporate limits, plus any city-owned land outside them, as a bird sanctuary under City…

The Town of Cary, Wake County, North Carolina has designated all land within its corporate limits, plus town-owned…

Durham designates its entire corporate limits a bird sanctuary. City Code § 6-2 makes it unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, the entire town is a declared bird sanctuary under § 94.03 of the town…

The entire town of Rose Hill is a designated bird sanctuary under state law, and its code makes it unlawful to hunt…

Rowan County bans hunting, trapping, shooting, injuring, killing or molesting any bird or animal inside any county…

Apex, North Carolina designates the entire town a bird sanctuary, making it unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or kill…

Charlotte bans hunting, molesting, harming, frightening, killing, trapping, chasing, teasing, shooting at, or throwing…

Greensboro designates the land around Greensboro Country Park, the area near the Guilford Battleground, and Reedy Fork…

Guilford County has no county-wide bird-protection ordinance for the unincorporated area. Section 5-8 only keeps alive…

Pitt County runs no wildlife-rehabilitation permit program of its own. Instead, its dangerous exotic animal ban carves…

Raleigh's citywide ban on harboring, possessing, or keeping a dangerous wild animal, set out in § 12-3075(a), does not…