La Habra has no ordinance using the word hoarding, but its per-address pet limits (four dogs, four cats) and sanitation rules under Title 6 cap animal numbers and require clean conditions. Neglect and overcrowding are pursued as animal cruelty under California Penal Code 597.
La Habra addresses animal hoarding through pet limits, sanitation standards, and state cruelty law rather than a standalone hoarding ordinance. Section 6.20.020 caps dogs at four per address and Chapter 6.22 caps cats at four, so keeping many more animals at one home is itself a code violation. Chapter 6.22 also requires premises where animals are kept to be clean, sanitary and secure, free of obnoxious odors, with waste removed daily. When animals are neglected, malnourished, or kept in filth, the conduct is enforced as cruelty under California Penal Code Section 597, and La Habra PD Animal Control leads anti-cruelty enforcement. Report suspected hoarding to Animal Control at 562-383-4352; seized animals are sheltered through the Inland Valley Humane Society contract.
Exceeding pet limits, unsanitary enclosures, or neglect can lead to citation under Title 6 and impoundment; serious neglect or cruelty is prosecutable under California Penal Code 597 as a misdemeanor or felony, with seizure of the animals.
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