Fort Lee Borough generally prohibits keeping chickens, roosters, and other livestock on residential properties given its dense urban character and small lot sizes typical throughout the borough.
Fort Lee's zoning and animal control provisions in the Borough Code restrict farm animals, poultry, and livestock from being kept within residential zones. The borough's high-density development pattern, with substantial multifamily housing near the George Washington Bridge, makes traditional agricultural uses incompatible. Roosters are particularly disfavored due to noise concerns, and any keeping of fowl typically requires zoning approval. State agriculture preemptions under the Right to Farm Act do not apply to non-commercial backyard chickens in non-agricultural zones.
Violations may result in summonses, fines per day of continued violation, and orders to remove animals from the premises within a set period.
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