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In less than a year, there have been two rooster raising operations locate in NW Indian River County. Roosters are not raised for meat consumption or for improving the production of egg laying chickens. Roosters are raised for fighting. There is no evidence of rooster fights so far in Indian River County. However the so called farming of these animals needs to be on a special exception use only. They are loud and tend to begin crowing at 3:30 a.m. and end about 7:30 am. 100's of these roosters on 5 acres is an obnoxious neighbor and should be an illegal operation. Smoking marijuana is illegal. Growing the weed is illegal. Fighting roosters are illegal. Growing fighting roosters should be illegal. I request the Commission to instruct staff to formulate an ordinance making the farming of roosters illegal, or at the very least, that it be a special exception use in the agricultural districts. Please note that this does NOT prohibit having a few roosters for pets or producing fertile eggs with chickens. We can limit the roosters to a maximum of 10 within the special exception category provided there are hens to accommodate them. Thank you. Chairman Adams commented that roosters are not raised for meat consumption. There is currently no evidence of rooster fighting in the County but farming of these animals needs to be a special exception use. Roosters make obnoxious neighbors and since rooster fighting is illegal, it should be illegal to raise fighting roosters. Nothing is proposed to restrict having a few roosters, up to a maximum of 10. ON MOTION by Commissioner Stanbridge, SECONDED by Commissioner Macht, the Board, by a 4-0 vote (Vice Chairman Ginn absent) unanimously directed staff to bring back a special exception use requiring an application to raise more than a maximum of 10 roosters as a special exception use. AUGUST 8, 2000 -65- 6K 1 14 PG 519