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Animal commission recommends clarifying four‑dog limit, urges removal of several spay/neuter exemptions
Summary
The Sacramento Animal Well‑Being Commission voted to forward recommendations to City Council to clarify a proposed amendment to City Code 9.44.370 permitting four dogs per dwelling and to strike several exemptions to the spay/neuter requirement; commissioners debated show‑dog and service‑dog exemptions and whether similar rules should apply to cats.
The Sacramento Animal Well‑Being Commission on April 15 voted to forward recommendations to City Council to clarify a proposed amendment to Sacramento City Code section 9.44.370 that would allow up to four dogs per dwelling unit and to remove several exemptions from a spay/neuter requirement.
Ryan Hinderman, who briefed the commission, said the amendment originated with the commission and law and legislation committee and that the draft permits four dogs “if each of the dogs has been spayed or neutered, has a valid unaltered license, is certified in writing by a licensed veterinarian as not suitable for sterilizing, or is eligible for a fee exemption.” He told commissioners the redline and full…
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