MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – The Marion County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 on June 17 to approve a reasonable accommodation for a resident to keep goats as emotional support animals in a residential area. Commissioner Craig Curry cast the lone dissenting vote.
Emotional support or farm animals?
Applicant Sheryl O’Connell requested permission to keep two goats on her 2.5-acre property in a single-family R-1 zoned area near SE 41st Place, just south of Maricamp Road and SE 36th Avenue. O’Connell, who described the animals as emotional support goats, said they help her cope with the sudden death of her husband…