Can you keep chickens in Borough of Audubon, NJ?
Yes. The borough bans keeping livestock but writes chickens and ducks out of that ban, and the code sets no flock limit, permit or setback for them.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes |
| Hens | No stated limit |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Not specified |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- § 14-60 bans boarding, keeping or raising livestock, then states that livestock does not include chickens and ducks.
- The zoning officer enforces the livestock ban and must send a warning letter before issuing a summons.
- The zoning chapter lists shelters for pets as an accessory use and does not mention poultry.
- We searched Chapter 14 Animals, Chapter 30 Health, Chapter 31 Board of Health, Chapter 32 Public Health Nuisance Code, Chapter 42 Nuisances and Chapter 113 Land Development for chicken, fowl, poultry and livestock; nothing else applies.
What about ducks?
Yes. Audubon's livestock ban expressly leaves out chickens and ducks, so ducks are treated the same as chickens.
§ 14-60: "Because certain livestock shall be maintained domestically, livestock shall not include chickens and ducks in this section." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Audubon?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Camden County and all of New Jersey, sized to your flock and built to your town's rules.
In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
New to this? Start with how to raise chickens in NJ, or what a coop costs.
Chicken rules in nearby Camden County towns
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