Backyard chicken laws in New Jersey
4 of the 19 New Jersey cities we’ve verified allow backyard chickens outright; the rest allow them conditionally by zone or lot size. Select your city for hen limits, permits, setbacks, and the official code.
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All New Jersey cities
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Bayonne✗ Not allowedBrick Township✓ Allowed · 4 hensCamden✗ Not allowedClifton✓ Allowed · 5 hensEast Orange✗ Not allowedEdison Township◐ ConditionalElizabeth✓ AllowedHamilton Township◐ ConditionalIrvington Township✗ Not allowedJersey City✓ Allowed · 50 hensLakewood Township◐ Conditional · 16 hensNewark◐ ConditionalParsippany-Troy Hills Township◐ ConditionalPassaic✗ Not allowedPaterson✗ Not allowedToms River Township◐ Conditional · 6 hensTrenton◐ ConditionalUnion City◐ Conditional · 50 hensWoodbridge Township◐ Conditional
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