Pet Ownership

No more than three (3) dogs or three (3) cats, four months of age or older, may be kept on any residential premises. Pet owners are required to keep their animal(s) under restraint at all times and should be placed on a leash whenever outside of the owner's property. Owners are required to assure that an identification tag or plate, indicating the name and address of the owner, is securely fastened to the animal's collar or harness. All animals kept within the City of North Augusta are required to be inoculated against rabies and appropriately tagged.

Impounding Animals

All domestic or domesticated animal or fowl found running at large may be impounded by an Animal Control Officer. Additionally, Section 5-24(b) of the City Code of Ordinances states that "any person may seize any animal found on such person's premises and deliver it to the pound to be impounded..." The City provides humane traps to assist residents in impounding animals that are running at large. Immediately upon impounding any animal, the impounding officer shall make reasonable effort to notify the owner. Impounded animals may be reclaimed by the owner within three working days by payment of $15 for the first incident and $25 for subsequent incidences. Owners must show identification tag and proof of rabies inoculation before retrieving animals. In addition, a fee shall be charged for feeding and caring for an impounded animal. Animals not picked up within three working days become the property of the City and may be humanely destroyed, or, upon being spayed or neutered, placed in the custody of a responsible and suitable owner.

For additional information, please call an Animal Control Officer at 803-441-4227.

Source: City of North Augusta Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5. City of North Augusta Zoning & Development Standards Ordinance, Article 4, Section G, November 1996