I agree, it is a lose/lose situation because they can totally twist the wording to support their views.
However, with that said - I am leaning towards ducks now because I read they are quieter and my coop would be hidden by a storage shed. My fence is covered with hedges (8ft plus).
With the HOA, they are kind of a joke. Its a master association for umpteen developments and commercial lots within the City (Winston Park). The docs are from 1987 and specifically read NO CHAIN LINK FENCES but every house has chain link fence. We applied for a PVC fence and were denied...
Thanks all. I am in a residential zoned area (verses agricultural), this I know. But I have also seen in another portion of the municode that poultry is listed under the definition of domestic animal. I think I got the no rooster idea from the County municode.
I want to just say SCREW IT...
I live in Coconut Creek, Florida. I have read everything I can find in the municode about fowl, farm animals, poultry, etc.
The language is vague to me:
Sec. 5-5. - Keeping agricultural and farm animals.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person owning any agricultural farm animal to permit...