Can you keep chickens in Borough of Montvale, NJ?
Yes, with conditions. There is no license, but the coop must be at least 30 feet from any dwelling unit and 8 feet from any property line, and crowing roosters are not allowed.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No stated limit |
| Roosters | Crowing roosters prohibited |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | 30 feet from any dwelling unit, 8 feet from any property line, 200 feet from a food establishment |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- The Board of Health's old license requirement for keeping poultry was repealed when the code was adopted.
- Coops must be outside and apart from any dwelling, with concrete floors on new coops and roosts with drop boards.
- At most one bird per three square feet of usable coop floor space.
- Droppings must be removed at least once a week, and no poultry may fly or run at large.
What about ducks?
Yes, with conditions. Montvale's poultry rules define poultry to include ducks, so the same coop, 30-foot and 8-foot setbacks apply, and noisy chattering fowl are not allowed.
§ 457-2 (Poultry); §§ 457-104 to 457-107: "POULTRY Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeons and" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Montvale?
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
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