The Napa County Board of Supervisors this week approved an ordinance that will ban the keeping of roosters on many properties around the county.
No roosters will be allowed on any parcels in unincorporated Napa County that are under a half-acre, while one rooster is allowed for parcels between a half-acre and 1.5 acres, and four roosters are allowed on properties larger than 1.5 acres, according to the ordinance passed initially by the board unanimously last week and then a final time on Tuesday.
The ordinance states that the rooster restrictions are meant “to eliminate the potential for public nuisance, illegal cockfighting and the raising of birds to be used for cockfighting, and for the protection of the health and safety of the residents of Napa County.”…