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Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 348-5.24

Animals.

[Amended 2-9-1982 by Ord. No. 2068; 9-25-1991 by Ord. No. 2859-91; 9-24-1996 by Ord. No. 3196-96; 12-26-2017 by Ord. No. 4569-17]
Animals shall be a permitted use in any residential zone, subject to the following:
A. 
Adherence to the minimum health standards established and administered under the provisions of Chapters 165 and 516 of the Code of the Township of Toms River.
B. 
*Structures used for the sheltering of horses shall not be located closer than 50 feet to any property line nor closer than 150 feet to any residence on another lot.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: For an explanation of the asterisk (*), see the definition of "variance" in § 348-2.3.
C. 
Animals shall not be kept for commercial use.
D. 
The keeping of poultry or livestock (other than horses and not more than six chickens, but excluding roosters) for personal use shall only be permitted in the Rural Residential Zone provided that all buildings and structures utilized for housing such livestock or poultry shall be set back in accordance with § 348-10.5E.