Dunedin does not impose a hard numeric cap on pets, but Chapter 10 of the city code makes it unlawful to keep animals in conditions that create unsanitary, unsafe, or nuisance situations. Hoarding cases are addressed through cruelty, nuisance, and code-enforcement actions.
Dunedin's Chapter 10 (Animals) requires owners to provide adequate food, water, shelter, and sanitary conditions for every animal in their care. When a household keeps so many animals that the property becomes unsanitary, odor-producing, or a public health hazard, the city may bring nuisance and code-enforcement actions in coordination with Pinellas County Animal Services. Florida Statute 828.12 (animal cruelty) and 828.13 (confinement of animals without sufficient food, water, or exercise) provide criminal penalties for severe neglect, and the state attorney can also pursue felony aggravated cruelty charges in serious hoarding cases involving suffering or death of animals.
Code enforcement can order abatement, daily fines, and removal of animals. Severe cases trigger county animal cruelty investigations and state misdemeanor or felony charges.
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