Unincorporated San Diego County requires humane, sanitary conditions for all animals. County Code Section 62.668 bars keeping animals in ways that create odors, disease, or nuisance, and California Penal Code 597 makes neglect a crime, so hoarding is enforceable.
Bostonia follows San Diego County Code section 62.668, which requires an animal owner or custodian to maintain the area where an animal is kept in a sanitary condition and not allow it to become a breeding area for flies, a source of offensive odors, disease, or any other public nuisance. Combined with California Penal Code 597 (cruelty and neglect), these rules let Animal Services intervene in hoarding situations, seize animals, and pursue charges. Excessive animal numbers also trigger the county's kennel and zoning-density limits. Reports of neglect go to the Department of Animal Services, which investigates and can compel remediation or remove animals.
Unsanitary or neglectful animal keeping violates section 62.668 and Penal Code 597, allowing seizure, misdemeanor (or felony) charges, and abatement.
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