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File #: PC 26-089    Name: REF260024 - ROOSTER ORDINANCES
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/15/2026 In control: County of Monterey Planning Commission
On agenda: 9/30/2026 Final action:
Title: REF260024 - ROOSTER ORDINANCES Public hearing to consider adopting a resolution to recommend the Board of Supervisors: 1) Find the ordinances amending rooster keeping regulations in unincorporated inland and coastal areas of Monterey County categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 because the ordinances are County actions which involve procedures for protection of the environment; 2) Adopt an ordinance repealing Chapter 8.50 of the Monterey County Code (Requirements for Keeping Five or more Roosters) and amending Title 21 of the Monterey County Code (Inland Zoning Ordinance) to add new regulations for the keeping of roosters on non-agriculturally zoned properties in the unincorporated inland areas of Monterey County; and 3) Adopt an ordinance adding new regulations to the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Title 20 of the Monterey County Code) for the keeping of roosters on non-agriculturally zoned properties in ...
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Draft Resolution, 3. Exhibit B - Chapter 8.50 of the Monterey County Code (to be repealed), 4. Exhibit C - Board Referral 2024.11 (Church), 5. Exhibit D - Chapter 8.36 (Nuisance and Nuisance Animals), 6. Exhibit E - Draft Ordinances (redline version)
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Title
REF260024 - ROOSTER ORDINANCES
Public hearing to consider adopting a resolution to recommend the Board of Supervisors:
1) Find the ordinances amending rooster keeping regulations in unincorporated inland and coastal areas of Monterey County categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 because the ordinances are County actions which involve procedures for protection of the environment;
2) Adopt an ordinance repealing Chapter 8.50 of the Monterey County Code (Requirements for Keeping Five or more Roosters) and amending Title 21 of the Monterey County Code (Inland Zoning Ordinance) to add new regulations for the keeping of roosters on non-agriculturally zoned properties in the unincorporated inland areas of Monterey County; and
3) Adopt an ordinance adding new regulations to the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Title 20 of the Monterey County Code) for the keeping of roosters on non-agriculturally zoned properties in the unincorporated coastal areas of Monterey County along with the following implementing actions:
a. Certify that the Coastal Zoning Ordinance is intended to be carried out in a manner fully in conformity with the California Coastal Act; and
b. Direct staff to submit the Coastal Zoning Ordinance to the California Coastal Commission for certification.

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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution recommending that the Board of Supervisors:
a) Find the ordinances amending rooster keeping regulations in unincorporated inland and coastal areas of Monterey County categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 because the ordinances are County actions which involve procedures for protection of the environment
b) Adopt an ordinance repealing Chapter 8.50 of the Monterey County Code (Requirements for Keeping Five or more Roosters) and amending Title 21 of the Montere...

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