Yorba Linda imposes no breed-specific dog ban. California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 bars local dog rules that are specific as to breed. Dangerous dogs are handled individually through the adopted Orange County vicious-dog process, not by breed.
No Yorba Linda or Orange County ordinance bans pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any other breed. California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 prohibits any city or county dog-control program from being 'specific as to breed,' preempting breed bans. YLMC Chapter 6.04 adopts Orange County's Codified Ordinances Title 4, which addresses dangerous dogs by conduct: OCCO 4-1-23 defines potentially dangerous and vicious dogs, and OCCO 4-1-95 sets restrictions once a dog is declared. The County's program uses independent hearing officers and can bar a vicious-dog owner from owning dogs for up to three years. Health and Safety Code 122331 permits only spay/neuter rules, not ownership bans. Landlords and HOAs may still impose breed terms.
There is no breed-based offense to cite. Enforcement is behavior-based: any dog may be declared potentially dangerous or vicious through the adopted Orange County hearing process. A vicious dog can be impounded, confined, removed, or destroyed, and its owner barred.
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