Can you keep chickens in City of Englewood, NJ?
Yes, with a license. Englewood allows up to 6 hens per lot, but not on lots with multifamily housing, and requires a $10 annual license from the Health Department.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 6 hens |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required: $10 annual license |
| Coop setback | 25 ft from the door or window of any neighbor's dwelling or occupied building, unless the neighbor consents in writing |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Not allowed |
Good to know
- Hens must be kept in coops, and coops and runs must be separate from any dwelling.
- Chickens may not fly or run at large. Feed must be stored in a covered metal or plastic container.
- The license runs January to December and is renewed if the Health Department gets no complaints.
- In May 2025 the Board of Health voted 1 to 5 against Ordinance 25-03, a proposal to raise the limit, so the 6-hen cap stands.
What about ducks?
No. Englewood bans keeping any fowl and names ducks in that ban; the license exception covers up to 6 hens only, so ducks are not allowed.
§ 464-2: "No person, firm or corporation shall raise, keep, harbor or slaughter any fowl, including but not limited to chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons or turkeys within the City." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in City of Englewood?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Bergen 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.
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