West New York, NJ Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Article XV of Chapter 322 (Sanitation) in the West New York Town Code is titled Fowl and runs four sections. Section 322-97 is the headline rule: under no condition shall any chickens, pigeons, ducks, geese or other fowl be kept or maintained in any house or tenement yard. Section 322-98 says those animals can never be allowed to run at large and must be kept confined in a suitable house or coop with an enclosed runway. Section 322-99 sets coop upkeep: the flooring should be watertight and in a sanitary condition and is to be cleaned weekly and oftener if required.

Section 322-100 fixes a setback, so no part of a coop can be less than 20 feet from the windows or door of any dwelling. Read together, the article prints a ban for house and tenement yards and housing standards for fowl that are kept. Larger animals fall under Article XX, Permits. Section 322-123 forbids keeping any cattle, sheep, goats, dogs, swine or any other animals on any premises in the Town of West New York without a permit from this Board, as the section words it, renewable annually and registered.

Under § 322-103, every stable or apartment in which a horse or other cattle is kept must have underground drainage and a concrete, watertight floor, subject to the approval of the Board. Manure pits and cesspools need a written permit under § 322-121 and must sit three feet from adjoining property and 20 feet from any door or window under § 322-122. Section 322-102 bars harboring a dog or other animal whose noise disturbs the quiet or repose of anyone in the vicinity, and § 322-119 bars letting decaying animal or vegetable matter or offal accumulate until it is hazardous to health or a source of discomfort through offensive odors.