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Mr. Wilson stated that he does not have 300 roosters, but only 187. He also repeated <br />that the Health Department has inspected his farm and stated that there are no health hazards <br />and no smells. <br />The Chairman asked if anyone else wished to be heard regarding this matter. There <br />being none, the Chairman closed the public hearing. <br />Chairman Adams noted that staff is recommending that a farm with 25 or more <br />roosters be defined as a "specialty farm". <br />Commissioner Macht believed that the Board is way off base trying to prohibit certain <br />types of farm animals and felt that when you move into an agriculturally designated area, <br />you take the risk of being a neighbor to a farm with its attendant noises and smells. <br />Commissioner Ginn believed there is something to be said for quiet enjoyment of <br />your property and the pull is between quiet enjoyment and private property rights. <br />Commissioner Tippin could not support the recommendation and stated that people <br />do a lot of things he doesn't like, but government cannot pass a law against sin. He felt this <br />was going too far. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Stanbridge, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board, by <br />a 3-2 vote (Commissioners Macht and Tippin <br />opposed) approved the staff recommendation, based <br />upon the AAC recommendation, to adopt an LDR <br />amendment defining operations with 25 or more <br />roosters as a "speciality farm" requiring <br />ocTo�� 2�Zp�o� 47 <br />