Dog and Cat Limitation Ordinance
At a glance
- What: Ordinance amending Chapter 6, Section 6-15 to limit the number of dogs and cats that residents can keep per property.
- Where it stands: Postponed on both September 14 and September 28.
- Next: Awaiting reconsideration and placement on future agenda.
Proposal
Councilmembers Maly Rosado and John Gale sponsored this ordinance to establish limits on the number of dogs and cats allowed per residential property in Hartford.
Timeline
- September 14: Postponed 9-0.
- September 28: Postponed 8-0.
Sources
- City Council minutes, April 27, 2026: https://hartford.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/157861
- City Council minutes, May 11, 2026: https://hartford.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/158904
- City Council minutes, May 26, 2026: https://hartford.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/159468
- City Council minutes, September 14, 2026: https://hartford.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/165660
- City Council minutes, September 28, 2026: https://hartford.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/166260
Log
- 2026-11-09 - City Council - Item 5.2 for action (ordinance, Chapter 6, Section 6-15, by Rosado and Gale); the Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee discharge of the ordinance is item 3.9. Outcome not yet known.
2026-05-26 - City Council
Postponed 7-0 (sponsors Rosado and Gale present).
2026-09-28 - City Council
Postponed 8-0.
2026-09-14 - City Council
Postponed 9-0.
2026-08-10 - City Council
Postponed 7-0.
2026-07-13 - City Council
Not on the agenda.
2026-06-22 - City Council
Listed as the Chapter 6, Section 6-15 limitation on the number of dogs, with a public hearing set for July 20; postponed 7-0.
2026-06-08 - City Council
Ordinance (limitation on the number of dogs and cats) by Rosado and Gale postponed 6-0.
2026-05-11 - City Council
Postponed 5-0; both sponsors, Rosado and Gale, were absent.
2026-04-27 - City Council
Postponed 7-0 (both sponsors present).
- 2026-11-09 - City Council - Item 5.2, for action: ordinance on the limit on the number of dogs (Ch. 6 Sec. 6-15), after the Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee discharged its version (item 3.9). Outcome not yet known.