Yorba Linda has no ordinance using the word hoarding, but its three-pet household limit, kennel-permit requirement, and the adopted Orange County cruelty and welfare rules together let officials act when too many animals are kept in unsafe conditions.
Yorba Linda addresses animal hoarding through several layers rather than one hoarding law. The household limit of three adult dogs or cats, with a Conditional Use Permit required for four or more (a noncommercial kennel under YLMC Chapter 18.20), caps how many animals may be kept. YLMC Chapter 6.04 adopts Orange County's Codified Ordinances Title 4, whose welfare provisions let Orange County Animal Care act on neglected animals. California Penal Code 597 and 597.1 make it a crime to neglect or overcrowd animals or deny proper food, water, shelter, and care, and allow seizure in cruel conditions. Together these authorize inspection, permit enforcement, seizure, and criminal referral where an owner keeps more animals than can be humanely cared for.
Enforcement combines city zoning, Orange County Animal Care welfare enforcement, and state cruelty law. Officials may inspect, cite over-limit keeping, seize animals under Penal Code 597.1, and refer neglect for prosecution. Impound and care costs may be assessed.
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