- Rooster Keeping Operations Permit - $315.00 Each (2 hours, permit processing and inspection and document review)
- Re-inspection/Complaint Investigation - $142.00 hr/office
HITCHCOCK ROAD
Animal Services
Serving Monterey County and the City of Salinas
Rooster Ordinance
Effective July 14, 2015, Monterey County Code Ordinance 5249 requires permitting for Rooster Keeping Operations where 5 or more roosters are kept on any single property within the unincorporated areas of Monterey County. The purpose of the Rooster Ordinance is to balance the legitimate interests of agricultural businesses and agricultural educational organizations with the prevention of rooster keeping that is unsanitary, environmentally damaging, inhumane, and conducive to illegal cockfighting.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Those persons who keep less than 5 roosters are not affected by this ordinance.
- A rooster is a male chicken that is either 6 months or older, or has full adult plumage, or is capable of crowing
- No person shall maintain any rooster by tethering (tying) the rooster to a stake or any other object. Each individual rooster so tethered constitutes a separate violation.
"No Rooster Keeping Operation can legally operate in the unincorporated areas of Monterey County without either a permit exemption or a permit."
- Rooster Keeping Permit Application - Form 100
- FFA/4-H Exemption Application Form 110 - Form 110
- Hobbyist Exemption Application From 120 - Form 120
- Manure & Pest Management Plan Template - Manure and Pest Management Plan Template
- Site Map template - Site Map Template
- SAMPLE Manure Pest Management Plan -Sample Manure and Pest Management Plan
- SAMPLE Site Map Sample Rooster Site Map