Can you keep chickens in Borough of Lincoln Park, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• The coop and any run together can't exceed 100 sq ft. The zoning height limit for accessory structures doesn't apply to the coop.
• The license application needs a property survey showing where the coop will sit. Licenses expire April 30 each year.
• Hens must stay in a coop with an enclosed run and can't run at large. The coop must be built to keep out predators and rodents.
• Cleaning is required at least once a week from November to May and twice a week from May to November.

What about ducks?

Possibly, with a license. Lincoln Park's 8-hen rule covers chickens only, but its license requirement applies to 'chickens or other poultry,' and poultry includes ducks; the code sets no separate duck limit, so check with the Board of Health.

§§ 227-23, 227-30F: "No person shall keep chickens or other poultry without having first obtained a license from the license issuing authority." Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Borough of Lincoln 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.