Showing ordinances that apply to Ramapo College of New Jersey, NJ
Ramapo College of New Jersey is an unincorporated community (population 2,200) in Bergen County, New Jersey. Because Ramapo College of New Jersey is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Bergen County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The chickens & livestock rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Bergen County chicken rules are set by each municipality. Most dense Bergen suburbs — Fort Lee, Palisades Park, Hackensack, Teaneck — prohibit backyard chickens. Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, and Saddle River allow limited hens.
Bergen County, as NJ's most densely populated county, has some of the most restrictive backyard poultry rules in the state. Urban and densely suburban Bergen towns — Fort Lee, Palisades Park, Cliffside Park, Hackensack, Teaneck, Bergenfield, Englewood — fully prohibit backyard chickens and any livestock. Less dense towns with larger lots — Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, Saddle River, Alpine, Franklin Lakes, Oakland — permit 4-6 hens with no roosters, coops set back 25-50 feet from property lines, and often require a permit or Board of Health inspection. Under N.J.S.A. 4:19-15 and N.J.S.A. 26:4-78, boards of health may enforce sanitary conditions. Larger livestock (goats, pigs, horses) are restricted to municipalities with agricultural zones — only a few in northwestern Bergen.
Unauthorized poultry: removal order plus $100-$1,000 fine. Nuisance conditions: $250-$1,000/day under Board of Health. Roosters prohibited: immediate removal order.
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