The ordinance says you can have three adult animals: 3 cats, or 3 dogs, or 1 cat and 2 dogs, or 2 cats and 1 dog, whatever. Or 1 dog, 1 cat, and 1 rabbit. Or 1 cat and 2 ferrets. Nobody pays any attention. Cats must also have licenses, collars and tags, which doesn't happen either.

We have 3 sweet boys who live on the deck and one old guy who graces the deck on occasion to eat- no way you could pet that guy. Then there is the one little lady who lives in the house. We would let the boys in but she can't abide cats. So she is an ailurophobic (fear of cats). The boys will look into the house through the French door and she will spit and hiss at them.

We don't hoard cats. The 3 sweeties that live outside just found us. We had them neutered, rabies shots and dewormed. Now the old man is a whole 'nother thing. We would have to use a live trap and I think he is too smart for that.

Its 3 dogs per residence and they must be licensed and altered. In areas where horses and livestock are allowed the limits are based on the size of your property. People love their pets and many have more animals than the govt says they should, and this probably scares them away from getting them licensed. I'm glad to see that more kittehs will get a chance to find homes.