Can you keep chickens in Borough of Westwood, NJ?
Unclear. The Westwood code, including its Board of Health chapters, says nothing about keeping chickens or other poultry, so there is no stated rule either way.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Unclear |
| Hens | Not specified |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Not specified |
| Lot size | Not specified |
Good to know
- Searched the full code for poultry, chicken, chickens, fowl, livestock, coop and agricultural use. The only hits were floodplain definitions and a trapping rule.
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation, includes Chapter 383, Animals, but that chapter covers only confinement of an animal that has bitten someone.
- Chapter 99, Animals, and Chapter 195, Land Use and Development, do not mention poultry or fowl.
- Council and Planning Board minutes from 2013 and 2018 discuss writing a chicken ordinance, but no such ordinance appears in the code.
Source: Borough of Westwood Code (eCode360), Code searched in full; Ch. 99, Animals, and Ch. 383, Animals (Board of Health) (view the ordinance)
Verified 2026-09. Ordinances change and zoning can differ by district; always confirm the current rules with the Borough of Westwood clerk or zoning office before you build.
Building a coop in Borough of Westwood?
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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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