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Resident asks Warren County to allow roosters on R-1 lots under rules; files 250-signature petition
Summary
Megan Cody presented a petition from roughly 250 supporters and asked the board to direct planning staff to draft a zoning amendment to allow limited rooster ownership in R‑1 residential zones subject to conditions such as a one-acre minimum and noise-dampening coops.
Resident Megan Cody told the Warren County Board of Supervisors during the Oct. 14 working session that she and about 250 supporters want the county to amend the R‑1 residential zoning rules to permit "responsible rooster ownership" under specific conditions.
Cody said her proposal would allow a single rooster on properties of at least one acre (or adjacent owner-occupied lots that combine to at least one acre) and would require housing in a noise-dampening coop with enforced quiet hours between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. She said the petition is intended to support small-scale farming, backyard breeding, flock…
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