Okaloosa County BOCC — June 16, 2015 — Attachment 2 Ordinance Adopting Revised Livestock, Poultry, and Bees

ORDINANCE NO. 15- AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA AMENDING THE OKALOOSA COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ORDINANCE 91-01, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 2.21.05.10 OF THE OKALOOSA COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PERTAINING TO THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND BEES; PROHIBITING THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK IN R-1, R-2, AND R-3 ZONES EXCEPT BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION; PROVIDING FOR DEFERENCE TO STATE LAW FOR THE KEEPING OF BEES; PROVIDING FOR THE KEEPING OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF CHICKEN AND DUCK IN THE R-1 ZONE BY WAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT AND IN THE R-2 AND R-3 ZONES BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION; PROVIDING FOR THE KEEPING OF HOUSEHOLD PETS AND A DEFINITION OF PET; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RECITALS WHEREAS, Okaloosa County is a political subdivision of the State of Florida to which Chapter 125 of the Florida Statutes grants broad authority and provides for the adoption of ordinances to provide for self-governance; WHEREAS, Okaloosa County adopted and has from time to time amended Ordinance 91-01 which creates a Land Development Code that includes Chapter 2 which establishes, among other things, the principal, conditional, and prohibited uses within the various zoning districts and provides for the limitations thereon; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners finds that it is necessary and in the public interest to amend the provisions of Section 2.21.05, Limitations and Restrictions, of Chapter 2 of the Land Development Code, to clarify and further regulate the keeping of livestock, poultry, and bees within the various zoning districts. 1  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA: Section 1. REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 2.21.05.10, LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, BEEKEEPING. Section 2.21.05.10, Livestock, Poultry, Beekeeping, of Chapter 2 of the Okaloosa County Land Development Code, Ordinance 91-01, as amended, is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following: 10. Livestock; Poultry; Beekeeping: The keeping or harboring of livestock, poultry, or honeybees is permitted only as specified herein. “Livestock” includes all animals of the equine, bovine, or swine class including goats, sheep, mules, horses, hogs, cattle, ostriches, and other grazing animals. “Poultry” means all kinds of poultry and includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, guineas, geese, pigeons raised as domesticated food birds, quail, and other domesticated food birds. “Beekeeping” means maintaining a site or location where honeybee hives, frames, supers, pallets, queen excluders, and/or other such equipment used in the cultivation of honeybees and the harvesting of products produced by honeybees. a. Livestock. The keeping or harboring of livestock is not considered customarily incidental to residential uses of property and is prohibited in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 zoning districts unless approved by special exception as provided in d, below. b. Poultry. The keeping or harboring of poultry is not considered customarily incidental to residential uses of property and is prohibited in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 zoning districts except as follows: i. In the R-1 zoning district, chickens (Gallus gallus domest