Howell, NJ Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 302.11 of the Property Maintenance Code, added by § 232-4 of the Howell Township Code, sets a length-and-lot-size test for commercial vehicles on residential property. A commercial vehicle less than 30 feet in length can be parked on residential property. Any commercial vehicle greater than 30 feet can only be parked or stored on the side or rear yard of a lot in excess of 80,000 square feet. Commercial vehicles in excess of 30 feet are permitted to be stored in a closed structure, provided the closed structure has all necessary prior approvals.

The practical effect is that a large truck cannot sit in a front yard or driveway of a typical residential lot in Howell Township. Only the largest lots qualify for outdoor storage of a vehicle over 30 feet, and only in the side or rear yard. On smaller lots the owner needs an approved closed structure.

Chapter 232 also defines a vehicle as a machine propelled by other than human power, designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery, including an automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, wagon, lawn mower and boats.

On public streets the rules are stricter. Section 7-3.7a of Chapter 7 prohibits parking a truck, tractor, trailer, dumpster, bus, school bus, recreational vehicle, vehicle used for the transportation of passengers for hire or construction equipment of any kind on any street within a residentially zoned area at any time of the day, except while actively used for delivery, pickup, loading and unloading. That subsection does not apply to a truck or vehicle less than 25 feet in length, and the Howell Township Police Department enforces it. Section 7-4.1 also excludes trucks over four tons gross weight from the streets listed in Schedule V except for pick up and delivery.

On private lots, the Code Enforcement Officer enforces § 302.11 under § 232-5, working with the Police Department. Written notice allows not less than 10 days to correct, and Township cure costs become a lien on the lot.