Cedar Park No Longer Considering Household Pet Limit

In a previous post, I mentioned the city of Cedar Park was considering an ordinance that would limit the number of pets in a single household to 7.   With much community input leading to the September 27th meeting, the Police Department Captain Jeff Hayes & city staff decided against presenting the pet cap to the city Council.

Hayes is noted by stating, "A law is not going to prevent someone from hoarding animals. What it would do is it would give us a tool to work with, but then we had to ask if it was the most appropriate tool."
Several area municipalities have a cap on the number of pets per household. Leander and Georgetown allow five, New Braunfels allows four and San Marcos allows eight.

The city will be making changes to the animal control ordinance and cleaning up definitions and bring the city's regulations into compliance with state law. For example, the changes add nuisance cats to the ordinance.  Another possible addition to the ordinance is a proposed addition that would allow a neighbor to fill out a Class C misdemeanor complaint form for violations like a barking dog.  But take note, of the change.  Now the officer has to hear the dog barking.  With the change, they don’t.  The neighbor just has to file a complaint.