Two more ideas to help you drum up support. Call the Brevard County Extension Office in Cocoa. Ask them for the contact for 4H. Then call that person and tell them how you are trying to change the laws in Rockledge and ask them to give your contact info to anyone they know in Rockledge who might...
Yes, it sounds as if you have some very uneducated Council members. The Council members in my town said that the HOA neighborhoods probably already have something in their bylaws which would not allow chickens which overrides anything the City does. And if they don't, they are free to make...
Congrats on passing that hurdle!
And thank you for posting the college paper link above. I sent that to my city council members. They just started studying the subject in Broomfield, CO.
P.S. My wife is from Rockledge. She'll be interested to hear the news