Can you keep chickens in Borough of Peapack and Gladstone, NJ?
Peapack-Gladstone has no dedicated backyard-chicken ordinance. Keeping poultry is legal only as an agricultural use on the borough's large rural-zone lots (5 acres in RE, 3 in RR-5), with a 50-ft setback, and is not permitted on ordinary residential lots.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No numeric limit (regulated as agriculture) |
| Roosters | No specific provision |
| Permit | None specific to fowl (standard zoning/building permits for structures) |
| Coop setback | At least 50 ft from any property line, or 100 ft where fronting a public right-of-way (RE/RR-5 zones) |
| Lot size | RE zone 5-acre minimum; RR-5 zone 3-acre minimum |
| Ducks | Not addressed in the code |
Good to know
- Agriculture is a principal permitted use only in the RE and RR-5 rural zones; on smaller residential lots an unlisted use needs a variance.
- Slaughterhouses and animal-processing operations are prohibited borough-wide.
- The Right to Farm ordinance protects only qualifying commercial farms.
What about ducks?
Unclear. Peapack-Gladstone treats poultry only as a farm use on large rural lots and the code never mentions ducks, so ask the borough.
§ 23-39.1; § 21-4: "and beef cattle, sheep and goats), swine, fowl, horses, llamas, ponies and mules." Duck coops we build.
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