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II • <br />Vice Chairman Ginn advised she had visited the Wilson farm Friday afternoon and <br />when she was talking with Mr. Wilson she forgot the roosters were there. She drove to <br />where the Chessers live and the sound was very muted.—She felt that State law did not help <br />in this issue and it had to be decided locally. She believed that the Chessers should have <br />realized they were moving to an agriculture area and she did not want to put these kinds of <br />limits on agriculture even though she did not appreciate raising animals for fighting. She <br />believed that was a separate issue and needed to set her feelings on that aside. She would <br />vote against this amendment, but suggested the Board instruct their attorney and that they <br />enact some kind of land use regulation for future farms of this type consistent with the right - <br />to -farm act. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Vice Chairman Ginn, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Macht, not to adopt the proposed ordinance <br />relating to raising roosters (specialty farm) and to instruct the <br />County Attorney, pursuant to his memorandum of August 17, <br />2000, to look at providing the Board means to curtail the <br />proliferation of game farms in the county. <br />In seconding, Commissioner Macht advised that he had done further research in this <br />matter and has relied on item 4.D. of County Attorney Bangel's memorandum dated August <br />17`" for voting in support of the motion. He found Mr. Luke's testimony convincing. He <br />thought people would be injured who were long-time farmers and relied on farming for their <br />income. <br />Commissioner Stanbridge agreed that Mr. Luke definitely had a bona fide agricultural <br />operation which is large and would need more than 25 roosters. <br />November 7, 2000 <br />141 <br />BK 1 15 PG 850 <br />