I would agree but how do you determine what is a “nuisance” vs. just having one or two dogs or cats than one of your neighbors think you should have. There I think legally needs to be something that determines what is more than a few animals that one can reasonably care for and control vs. a hoarding situation. But what is a hoard?
As posted earlier, I once lived next to a hoarder in a townhouse next to me that not only hoarded trash, rotten food and junk but also animals and had a roach and mice infestation that came into my home plus the stench of animal feces and cat piss coming from both in and outside the home. Many of her neighbors, me included, called our HOA and local code enforcement but it took forever for anything to be done.
She finally got foreclosed on for not paying her mortgage and was finally evicted. She left most the animals behind (with no food or water for weeks) and animal control had to come, only a few could be saved, most had to be euthanized. I don’t know if any criminal charges were ever filed. Last I heard she had been involuntarily committed.
The house was sold at an auction for a very low price given all the damage and remediation, but I don’t think the people who bought it knew the extent of the damage or how much it would take to rehab it for sale. I think they lost money on the flip.
Some people here seem to think that any government interference on how one chose to live their life no matter how unsanitary or putting their neighbors at risk, is beyond what the government should be allowed to dictate. But I’m guessing they’ve never lived next door to a hoarder.
Or a clown house.
Dear MIL lived next to one with 15-20 illegal aliens living in a 1,200 sq. ft. house.
The street was clogged with parked cars and the stench of their trash can was really bad. Mexicans don't flush their used toilet paper. They throw it into the trash.
It was so bad that the city stepped in a instituted a parking permit system the limited the number of permits that a household could acquire to two. Any cars parked on the street without a permit would be subject to towing and impound.
Was never a problem after that.
“how do you determine what is a “nuisance” vs. just having one or two dogs or cats than one of your neighbors think you should have.”
Believe it or not, the law of “nuisance” is very well developed.