Can you keep chickens in Borough of Fort Lee, NJ?
Fort Lee permits poultry only with a Board of Health license. Crowing roosters are banned, coops must sit well away from homes and lines, and birds are limited by coop space.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No fixed number; density limited to 1 bird per 3 sq ft of usable coop floor |
| Roosters | Prohibited (no crowing rooster or screaming/chattering fowl) |
| Permit | Required (Board of Health license; fee reported around $250 per premises) |
| Coop setback | Coop not within 30 ft of any dwelling, 200 ft of a food establishment, or 8 ft of any property line |
| Lot size | Not specified |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Governed by the Board of Health code on keeping and slaughtering animals.
- Fowl must be confined to coops or runs and may not run at large.
- Confirm the current license fee with the Fort Lee Board of Health.
What about ducks?
Ducks are treated like chickens. Fort Lee requires a Board of Health license to keep any live poultry or other fowl, with birds confined to coops or runs set apart from any dwelling.
BOH §§ 14-25, 14-26: "No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry, pigeons or other fowl, even for noncommercial purposes, without first having obtained a license or permit for that purpose from the Board" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Fort Lee?
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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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