Alhambra, CA Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Dedicated hoarding law
- None; handled via limits, care, and cruelty rules
- Household caps
- 2 dogs (MC 7.20.120); 5 cats (10.20.038)
- Care standard
- Sound, clean housing + food/water (10.40.010)
- Enforcement
- LA County Animal Care and Control; impoundment
- Cruelty
- CA Penal Code 597 for severe neglect
Summary
Alhambra has no standalone 'hoarding' statute; it relies on adopted L.A. County Title 10. Pet limits (2 dogs per Municipal Code 7.20.120; 5 cats per County Code 10.20.038) cap household animals, and County Code 10.40.010 requires humane care. Keeping more animals than can be properly cared for triggers enforcement and possible impoundment.
Animals may not be neglected, teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented, or in any manner made to suffer.
Full Breakdown
04). 038 caps cats at five per residence (kept primarily indoors); exceeding those numbers without an animal facility license is itself a violation. 010 then requires that any person who owns an animal provide structurally sound, clean, sanitary housing; sufficient food and potable water; grooming and sanitation to control odors and disease; and that animals 'may not be neglected, teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented, or in any manner made to suffer,' with violations being misdemeanors. A. County Animal Care and Control authority to inspect, abate, and impound where animals are kept in unsanitary or overcrowded conditions.
Severe cases also fall under California Penal Code Section 597 (cruelty to animals), which can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony. A. County Animal Care and Control rather than intervene directly.
Violations & Fines
Keeping animals beyond the dog/cat limits without a license, or in unsanitary or neglectful conditions, violates County Code 10.20.038 and 10.40.010 (misdemeanors) and can lead to impoundment. Cruelty cases may be prosecuted under California Penal Code 597.
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