Lima has no hoarding-specific ordinance, but keeping many animals in odor or unsanitary conditions is barred by the general animal-nuisance rule, and Ohio's animal-cruelty statute criminalizes depriving animals of adequate care.
Lima's Chapter 618 does not use the term hoarding, but it reaches hoarding situations through Lima CO 618.09, which prohibits keeping or harboring any animal or fowl so as to create noxious or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions that are a menace to public health, comfort, or safety. Property-maintenance and nuisance code addresses the condition of the premises. Serious neglect is a criminal matter under Ohio Revised Code 959.13, the state cruelty-to-animals statute, which prohibits depriving animals of food, water, shelter, or veterinary care and allows removal of the animals. Complaints typically go to Lima Code Enforcement, the police, or the county humane society, which can seek impoundment and charges.
Nuisance conditions are abated under 618.09/618.99 and property-maintenance code; cruelty or neglect from hoarding is prosecuted under ORC 959.13, which can lead to animal seizure and criminal penalties.
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