The ordinance bars new roosters while allowing birds already legally kept under existing permits and in approved enclosures to remain.
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ — New roosters are getting shut out of Brick Township after the Township Council unanimously approved a ban aimed at persistent crowing in residential neighborhoods.
The measure follows complaints that officials said had become one of the township’s most frequent quality-of-life problems. Residents already legally keeping roosters under existing permits and in approved enclosures will be grandfathered.
Business Administrator Joanne Bergin said the noise extends well beyond sunrise…