Can you keep chickens in Borough of Leonia, NJ?
Yes, but no poultry may be kept within 50 feet of the doors or windows of any building people occupy, which rules out most Leonia lots. No permit and no flock limit are stated.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No stated limit |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | 50 feet from the doors or windows of any occupied building |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- The Sanitary Standards chapter defines poultry to include chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeons and pheasants.
- All poultry must be kept in suitable shelters or coops, cleaned at least once a week.
- A Board permit is required only for a business that sells or raises animals for sale, not for household keeping.
- The zoning and animal chapters contain no ban on keeping poultry.
What about ducks?
Yes, but only 50 feet from any occupied building. Leonia's poultry rules define poultry to include ducks, so the same coop and 50-foot setback apply.
§ 311-1B (Poultry); § 311-55: "POULTRY Includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeons, pheasants" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Leonia?
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.
Chicken rules in nearby Bergen County towns
Compare them side by side in the Bergen County table.
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