Redondo Beach has no ordinance using the term 'hoarding,' but its three-dog/three-cat residential cap and nondomestic-animal permit rules limit accumulation. Severe cases are prosecuted under California Penal Code 597 cruelty and neglect law via the city's Animal Control.
The Redondo Beach code does not define 'animal hoarding,' but several provisions constrain it. RBMC Title 5, Chapter 1 caps keeping at three dogs and three cats per residence, and RBMC 5-1.401 requires permits for nondomestic and exotic animals, so large accumulations of animals quickly exceed what is allowed without permits or kennel approval. Animal welfare in severe cases is governed by California Penal Code 597 and related cruelty/neglect statutes, which the city's Animal Control Officers enforce alongside the spcaLA South Bay shelter (the city's sheltering partner since October 4, 2021). Nuisance conditions from too many animals (odor, noise, sanitation) are additionally abatable under RBMC 4-24.502 and the general nuisance code. Reports of neglect, cruelty, or excessive animals should go
Over-the-limit keeping is enforceable under the residential pet cap; unpermitted nondomestic/exotic animals are a misdemeanor under RBMC 5-1.401. Cruelty or neglect is prosecutable under California Penal Code 597 (a wobbler carrying misdemeanor or felony penalties). Animals may be seized and
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