Can you keep chickens in Borough of Paramus, NJ?
Paramus allows poultry only with an annual Board of Health permit, kept in a clean coop set at least 50 feet from any occupied building.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Not specified in the code |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Required (annual Board of Health poultry permit; fee reported around $100/year) |
| Coop setback | No poultry within 50 ft of the doors or windows of any building used by people |
| Lot size | Not specified |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Handled under the Board of Health sanitation code, not zoning; coops must be cleaned at least weekly and open to inspection.
- "Poultry" is defined broadly (chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, and other fowl).
- Confirm the current hen limit and fee with the Paramus Board of Health before you build.
What about ducks?
Yes, with a permit. Paramus defines poultry to include ducks, so ducks need the same annual Board of Health permit and must stay 50 feet from occupied buildings.
§ 443-2B; § 443-58: "POULTRY Includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeons, pheasants and all other fowl or winged animals" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Paramus?
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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