Okaloosa County BOCC — August 19, 2014 — reading text

the animal to be on the private property of a person other than the animal's owner without invitation or permission from the other person. (s) "Veterinarian" shall mean a veterinarian, duly licensed and registered by the State of Florida. (t) "Walton County Animal Control" shall mean the department of the Walton County Emergency Response Division responsible for implementing and enforcing the provisions of this article. Sec. 5-29. Running at large prohibited. (a) All animals, when not on the owner's premises or on the premises of another who consents thereto, shall be and remain under the direct control of a person competent to control such animal at all times. (b) The owner or custodian of any animal found running or remaining at large shall be responsible for any violation of this article. (c) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to: (1) Any dog actually engaged in the sport of hunting, which includes training two weeks preceding hunting season, in authorized areas and under the supervision of a competent person. (2) Any animal that is trained to assist or provide personal services for a disabled person, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act. (3) Government police dog while on duty. Sections 5-30, 31 omitted Sec. 5-32. Nuisance animals. (a) Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any owner or custodian of an animal to allow the animal to become a nuisance animal, as defined in this article. (b) Exemption. Animals in commercial kennels, security animals on property designated as "commercial" or "industrial" under the Walton County Comprehensive Plan, service animals, and animals on their owners' property that are provoked by persons other than their owners, Packet Pg. 400 including trespassers, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section as it relates to animals that habitually or continuously bark, whine, howl, meow, scream, or cause objectional noises. (c) Enforcement. An officer, upon receipt of notification of a logged complaint by an individual complainant alleging a violation of this section shall investigate and may issue a citation to any animal owner or custodian whom the officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of this section. The requirement for probable cause shall be satisfied if the violation occurs in the presence of the officer, or if the available evidence at the scene is sufficient for a reasonable person to believe a violation has occurred, or if the owners or occupants of two or more different lots or residences nearby execute verified written statements substantiating a violation. Packet Pg. 401 Discussion Draft of Crestview Livestock Regulation Changes (not yet adopted by City) Sec. 10-10 - Livestock. No person shall keep or permit to run at large in the city any livestock, with the following exceptions: a. Horses that are allowed as outline in City of Crestview Land Use Ordinance Article 102 section 129. b. Chickens being kept, harbored, raised or maintained as accessory to a residential, single family structure subject to the following restrictions: 1. No more than 4 chickens may be kept, with Roosters prohibited; 2. No person shall slaughter any chickens 3. The chickens shall be provided with a moveable covered enclosure (i.e. hen house/coop) and must be ept in the covered enclosure or a fenced enclosure at all times. Chickens must be secured within the moveable henhouse/coop druring non-daylight hours. 4.The space per bird in the henhouse/coop shall not be less than four (4) square feet per bird 5. No covered enclosure shall be located in the front yard, nor shall the henhouse/coop be closer than twenty (20) feet to any property line of an adjacent property, nor within thirty (30) of any adjacent residential structure. Odors from chickens, chicken manure, or other chicken related substances shall not be detectable at the property boundaries. 6. All enclosures for the keeping of chickens shall be so constructed and maintained as to prevent rodents or other pests from being harbored underneath, within, or within the walls of the enclosure. The henhouse/coop must be impermeable to rodents, wild birds and predators, including dogs and cats. Enclosures shall be kept in a neat condition, including provision of clean dry bedding materials and regular removal of waste materials. All manure not used for composting or fertilizing must be removed promptly. 7. All feed and other items associated with the keeping of chickens that are likely to attract or to become infested with or with infected by rodents or other pests shall be kept in secure containers or otherwise protected as to prevent rodents and other pests from gaining access to or coming into contact with: 8. The sale of eggs or any other chicken products generated in the City of Crestview is prohibited. 9. No dog or cat that kills a chicken will, for that reason alone, be considered a dangerous or aggressive animal. Packet Pg. 402  Comparison of other Jurisdictions' Chicken Regulations Escambia City of Santa Rosa Walton Pinellas City of Manatee Crestview Model County Pensacola County County County Sarasota County Draft Ordinance How Allowed As accessory Accessory to County County Accessory to Accessory to As accessory As accessory As use to single residential use Code does Code does single family single-family on to accessory family not not homes in R residential residential residential to single residential specifically specifically 1,2,3,4,&6 use properties single family family dwellings address address zoning structure dwelling chickens; chickens; districts; not addresses addresses allowed with animals via animals via duplexes, nuisance nuisance triplexes, provisions provisions multi-family via as defined properties or disturbing in code mobile home the peace or (noise), manufactured noxious or home parks, offensive but are odors, or allowed in otherwise manufactured endanger home public subdivisions health and safety Minimum No, however None None None No - lot size None As None None Property Size lots 1/4 acre determined established or less may by zoning per have no residential more than 8 zoning chickens districts Maximum No, subject No more than None None 4 per 4 per 4 per 4 per 6 per Number of to above 1/4 8 per residence occupied residential residential residence residence Birds acre single family single family property restriction property structure Packet Pg. 403 Roosters Yes, if no No Yes if not Yes if not No No No No No allowed? less than behaving behaving as 100 yards as nuisance nuisance from any inhabited dwelling other than keeper of rooster Minimum Pens, coops, None None None Must be kept Coop or Coop and Coop must Not allowed Property Line enclosures in rear yard; enclosure enclosure be in rear or in front Setbacks must be at coop and must be (fenced area) side yard yards, a least 10 feet enclosure minimum of must be and must be minimum of from rear must be at 10 feet from located in at least 20 5 feet from and side least 10 feet rear or side rear yard a feet from side yards from side and property lines minimum of the property property year; corner (not allowed 10 feet from line and 30 lines, and lots excluded in front yard) the property feet from 18 inches