Can you keep chickens in Borough of Ringwood, NJ?
Ringwood has no dedicated backyard-chicken ordinance. Poultry may be housed only as an agricultural use where the zoning district permits it, and no poultry building may sit closer than 100 feet to any lot line.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No numeric limit |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | No poultry building nearer than 100 ft to any lot line |
| Lot size | No stated minimum, but the 100-ft-from-every-line rule effectively requires a large lot |
| Ducks | Not addressed in the code |
Good to know
- Poultry is covered only under zoning as a customary farm occupation, permitted where the district allows it.
- The animal-control chapter's fowl section is now reserved; poultry moved to zoning.
- Eligibility depends on your lot's zone and whether the 100-ft setback can be met.
What about ducks?
Unclear. Ringwood only addresses poultry as an agricultural use (its fowl section is reserved) and never mentions ducks, so ask the borough.
§ 40-9.1; § 5-6: "Building utilization for horticulture, for raising and housing agricultural crops, livestock and poultry and for any other activity incidental to agricultural and farming uses is permitted provided that no building shall be nearer than 100 feet" Duck coops we build.
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In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
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