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of weight. He sells eggs, gives them to the church, to the kids for Easter, sells chickens for <br />eating, and ships them all over the world and that is how he makes his living. He felt this <br />regulation would affect his life and urged the Commission to leave agriculture as it is. <br />Commissioner Stanbridge pointed out that bona fide agriculture does not have noise <br />limits; the specialty farms would have the noise limit. <br />Director Boling advised that the noise ordinance does not apply in any of the <br />agricultural zoning districts. <br />Luke. <br />There was discussion to clarify whether the proposed legislation would affect Mr. <br />Kathryn Henderson, 11120 CR 507, has had her chicken pens in the same spot for <br />11 years; she had about 47 roosters. She thought this was not right because she bought <br />agricultural land and that the Board should not take her birds away from her. <br />Willis Wilson, 13400 103`d Street, Fellsmere, asked why the Board was pushing the <br />issue. He asked if it was because they did not like roosters or did not like the end result. The <br />end result was no one's business as long as it is done legally. The country he sends his <br />chickens to is run by the government (Phillippines). The people who have complained about <br />his roosters crowing at 1 AM do not even live in the house, but are living in Brevard County. <br />He felt the Board was fighting a battle for those people at the County's expense. The County <br />told him to move there and told him he did not need a special license after he applied for one. <br />He has lived in the county with his roosters since 1979 and if he cannot continue to raise <br />them he would be forced to do something else with his land, maybe hogs with feed slopping. <br />There is no law at present governing his roosters and he was encouraged to move to that <br />property. Property Appraiser David Nolte had pulled his AG exemption after the Board <br />started up about the roosters. He did not appeal because he knew it would have to go before <br />Board of County Commissioners for approval. There should be no restriction on <br />November 7, 2000 <br />139 <br />BX 1 15 PG 8 4 <br />