East Brunswick, NJ Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Chapter 206 of the East Brunswick Township Code, Vehicles, Abandoned, was adopted by the Township Council on 7-11-66. Section 206-2 bans abandoning any vehicle within the township, or leaving one anywhere for such time and under such circumstances that it reasonably appears abandoned. Section 206-3 bars leaving any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked or junked vehicle on any street or highway. The chapter defines a vehicle broadly, covering any machine propelled by power other than human power, and lists automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy and wagon.

Private property is covered by § 206-4. Any person in charge or control of property, as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, cannot allow a partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicle to remain longer than forty-eight hours, and no one can leave such a vehicle there for longer. Three exceptions are printed: a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary to that business, and a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained lawfully by the township.

Section 206-6 adds a separate thirty-day limit for inoperable vehicles and vehicles that are not legally licensed on private property. It names flat tires, missing wheels, vehicles left on jacks for long periods during repair or storage, and engine problems that prevent driving. A vehicle that is not street legal, not registered, or without current license tags counts as inoperable.

Section 206-5 gives the Director of Public Safety, or a designated member of the Division of Police, authority to remove or have removed any vehicle that reasonably appears to violate the chapter or is lost, stolen or unclaimed. The owner is notified in writing by personal service or certified mail of the removal, the reason and the location. The vehicle is held until the owner pays the cost of the taking and removal plus the daily storage charge.