Union City has no ordinance using the term hoarding, but its two-dog limit, Animal Fancier Permit, vicious-dog chapter, and nuisance and cruelty laws together control excessive or neglected animal-keeping. State Penal Code 597 cruelty law also applies and is enforced by police.
Union City has no standalone animal-hoarding ordinance, but several provisions reach the problem. Municipal Code section 8.22.020 caps adult dogs at two per property absent an Animal Fancier Permit, which requires the City Manager to review housing and outdoor facilities and may trigger notice to neighbors within 300 feet. Conditions caused by too many animals, such as odor, waste, and noise (Chapter 8.28), are abatable as a public nuisance. Union City Police Department Policy 817 directs members to protect animals from cruelty and to enforce California Penal Code 597, the state animal-cruelty statute, including removing neglected animals. Severe neglect cases are handled jointly with the Tri-City Animal Shelter and county authorities.
Exceeding the two-dog limit without a permit, or keeping animals in unsanitary, overcrowded, or neglectful conditions, can lead to nuisance-abatement orders, animal seizure, and citation. Animal cruelty or neglect is separately prosecutable under California Penal Code 597.
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