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.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 10-103 of The Philadelphia Code (Licensing and Rabies Vaccination) is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 10-100. ANIMALS
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§ 10-103. Licensing and Rabies Vaccination.
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(8) Maximum Number of Dogs and Cats Allowed. [No residential dwelling unit that is not registered as a kennel shall keep]
Except in connection with the operation of a registered kennel, or unless the Animal Control Agency has granted a waiver pursuant to such regulations as it may establish, no
more than twelve (12) adult dogs or cats combined, of which no more than two (2) dogs and two (2) cats may be unsterilized, [unless the Animal Control Agency has been notified and granted a waiver.]
may be kept—
(a) on a parcel of land on which only one residential dwelling unit is located; or
(b) in any residential dwelling unit on a parcel of land on which multiple residential dwelling units are located.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
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Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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A motion was made by Councilmember Greenlee that this matter be Introduced and Referred to the Committee on Public Health and Human Services. The motion carried unanimously.