Can you keep chickens in Borough of Stanhope, NJ?
Stanhope allows chickens and other fowl only on lots of at least 5 acres, with the enclosure set back 200 feet from every street and property line. On ordinary residential lots, only household pets are permitted.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No numeric limit, but only on 5+ acres |
| Roosters | Not specified separately (chickens or other fowl treated together) |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Enclosure at least 200 ft from any street line and 200 ft from any property line |
| Lot size | Minimum 5 acres (keeping fowl is prohibited on lots under 5 acres) |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- The zoning definition of Agriculture (§ 100-3A) names "chickens or other fowl" and prohibits keeping them on lots under 5 acres.
- The animals chapter defines "animal" as cat or dog only, so fowl is controlled through zoning.
- This is an agriculture/zoning permission, not a backyard-hen ordinance.
What about ducks?
Only on 5 acres or more. Stanhope bars chickens 'or other fowl' on lots under 5 acres, which covers ducks, and any enclosure must sit 200 feet from streets and property lines.
§ 100-3A (Agriculture): "the keeping of any customary farm animals, such as horses, ponies, cows, oxen, hogs, sheep and goats, chickens or other fowl, is prohibited on lots of less than five acres in size" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Stanhope?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Sussex 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 Sussex County towns
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