Official:Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to provide for limits on the numbers of dogs and cats, sterilized and unsterilized, permitted on residential properties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee
Introduced: February 2, 2012
Signed: June 14, 2012
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law limits the number of dogs and cats that can be kept on residential properties in Philadelphia to a total of 12 animals, with no more than 2 unsterilized dogs or cats.
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