Hackensack, NJ Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential ban
- Commercial vehicles barred at all times
- Business exception
- Only while actively serving a resident
- Curfew
- No parking 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Citywide zone rule
- Must belong to zoned commercial property
- Construction equipment
- Banned from right-of-way, § 170-12C
- Maximum penalty
- $250 fine or 15 days, § 170-4
Summary
Hackensack bars parking a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in the city's Zoning Ordinance, on any street within a residential district at any time, with a narrow exception for vehicles actively doing business with a resident or performing utility work. Regardless of that exception, no commercial vehicle may sit on a residential street between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. without specific authorization from the City Manager or the Police Department.
No person shall park a commercial motor vehicle, as that term is defined in the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Hackensack, at any time upon any of the streets contained within the districts designated as residential areas, as described in said Zoning Ordinance and the Zoning Map attached to and made a part thereof, except that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the parking of a commercial motor vehicle, or equipment related thereto, on a residential street while the vehicle's operator is actively and directly engaged in the transaction or performance of business with the owner or occupant of property located within that residential area, or the vehicle's operator is actively and directly engaged in the installation, maintenance or performance of public utility services in that residential area. In no event shall such parking be permitted for any reason between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following morning, without specific authorization from the City Manager or designee, or the Hackensack Police Department.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4592721; v20 updated 2026-01-06; through 01-06-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 170-12, most recently amended in September 2025, regulates commercial vehicles in two ways. Subsection A bans parking any commercial motor vehicle, using the definition in Hackensack's Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map, on streets within districts designated as residential at any time. The only carve-out is for a vehicle whose operator is actively and directly transacting business with an owner or occupant of property in that residential area, or actively performing installation, maintenance or public utility work there; once that active work stops, the exception stops too.
without specific authorization from the City Manager, a designee, or the Hackensack Police Department. Subsection B applies citywide, not just to residential zones: a commercial vehicle may not park on any street in any zone unless it is owned or operated by the owner or occupant of legally zoned commercial property in that zone, or its operator is transacting business or performing utility work there. Subsection C separately bars parking or placing construction equipment in a roadway or city right-of-way at any time without specific City Manager or police authorization.
Related Article III provisions in the same chapter exclude trucks over four tons and tractor-trailers from designated streets entirely, and authorize towing to the City Garage for any such vehicle caught parked outside an active pickup or delivery.
Violations & Fines
A violation of § 170-12 is enforced under the chapter's general penalty, § 170-4: a fine of not more than $250, imprisonment for up to 15 days, or both. Vehicles parked in violation, including unauthorized commercial vehicles and construction equipment left in the right-of-way, are subject to ticketing and towing by the Police Department at the owner's expense.
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