Urban Chicken Keeping
Did you know urban chicken keeping was a thing? It is. Check out this City of North Vancouver house for sale with a coop.
1753 Larson Road, North Vancouver >>
Want to keep chickens at your North Shore home too? Know the rules as they are different between the municipalities.
City of North Vancouver:
- Only residents living in Single Unit Residential (OCP-R1) zoned dwellings are permitted to keep chickens
- Residents are permitted to keep up to 8 hens
- No roosters are permitted
- No sale of eggs or slaughter of chickens permitted
- Residents must follow Urban Chicken Guidelines (see link below) for the proper care and housing of chickens
- Minimize the risk of predation and foraging by bears, coyotes, skunks, rats and raccoons through proper and secure pen and coop construction
- Secure feed to eliminate the risk of pest intrusion and spoilage
- Follow applicable bylaws (see link below)
- No permits are required
District of North Vancouver:
- You can keep from two to six hens
- No roosters are permitted, nor are hens younger than four months
- You are not permitted to sell the eggs or slaughter the hens
- You need to apply for a permit, which must be renewed annually
District of West Vancouver:
- roosters are not permitted
- chickens must be at least four months old
- a maximum of six chickens is permitted per lot
- registration is required, the fee is $50 per flock
- a maximum of one chicken enclosure is permitted per home
- chicken enclosures are not permitted in front yards
- chickens are for personal use only (not to sell or trade chickens or products from the chickens including eggs and manure)
- must not be a nuisance to the neighbourhood
- minimize the risk of predators and pests through proper and secure run and coop construction
- provide a perch at least 15 cm long per chicken and at least one nest box per coop