Can you keep chickens in Borough of Florham Park, NJ?
Yes, on lots of at least 15,000 sq ft. Florham Park allows up to 4 hens per 0.33 acre as an accessory use on single-family lots, with a Health Department permit, no roosters, and the coop in the rear yard at least 20 feet from lot lines and any home.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 4 per 0.33 acre (about 12 per acre); all fowl combined |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Health Department permit required (Ch. 265) |
| Coop setback | Coop and run in rear yard only, at least 20 ft from rear and side lines and 20 ft from any dwelling |
| Lot size | Minimum 15,000 sq ft |
| Rule adopted | April 2014 |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Allowed only in single-family residential districts.
- Farmland-assessed properties are not subject to the number limits.
- The Board of Health can order birds removed if keeping them harms public health.
What about ducks?
Yes, with a permit. Florham Park names ducks in both its health permit rule and its zoning limit: at least 15,000 sq ft, no more than 4 fowl per third of an acre, coops in the rear yard.
§ 265-38; § 250-14.1D(6): "Fowl (including pigeons, ducks, geese, peacocks and chickens, excluding roosters): 15,000 square feet and no more than four per 1/3 acre." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Florham Park?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Morris 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 Morris County towns
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