Ridgewood, NJ Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential storage rule
- § 190-124E(1)(e), garage required
- Overnight truck rule
- § 190-124E(3), garaged overnight
- RV outdoor exception
- Up to 5 days per calendar year
- Street ban location
- Spring Avenue, north side
- Street ban hours
- 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Mon-Fri
Summary
Village of Ridgewood zoning bars storing a commercial pickup, panel truck, mobile home, bus or van on a residential lot unless it sits inside an enclosed garage, and any truck must be garaged overnight. On the street, commercial-plated vehicles face separate posted-hour bans under § 265-21.1, including a weekday daytime restriction on Spring Avenue.
Any of the permitted items enumerated in § 190-124E(1) that exceed a height of six feet, as well as any pickup or panel truck, mobile home, bus, van used for commercial purposes or recreation vehicle, may be stored on any residential lot only if such item shall be kept in an enclosed garage on such lot; provided, however, that the parking of any recreational vehicle outside a garage for up to five separate or consecutive days during a calendar year shall be permitted. ... Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting parking of passenger vehicles used by the occupant for day-to- day activities, provided that such vehicles have side windows and are parked on the driveway. Trucks parked overnight shall be garaged. ... No person shall park a vehicle bearing a commercial license plate between the hours specified in Schedule XXVI (§ 265-75.1), of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XXVI, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4854397; v35 updated 2026-04-22; through 04-22-2026).
Full Breakdown
Village of Ridgewood Code § 190-124E, the zoning chapter's outdoor storage rule, treats commercial-use vehicles as a distinct, more restricted category than ordinary residential outdoor storage. Ordinary items like camping trailers, boats and garden tractors may sit in a residential side or rear yard under six feet tall, screened from view, but § 190-124E(1)(e) requires that any pickup or panel truck, mobile home, bus, or van used for commercial purposes, along with any item over six feet, be kept in an enclosed garage if stored on a residential lot at all; the only carve-out is that a recreational vehicle may sit outside a garage for up to five separate or consecutive days a year.
1, added by Ordinance No. 1) on the streets that schedule names. , Monday through Friday. Together the two provisions mean a business owner cannot use a residential driveway or yard as long-term commercial-truck storage, and cannot rely on unrestricted overnight street parking as a workaround on the streets the Village has specifically posted.
Violations & Fines
Parking a commercial-plated vehicle on Spring Avenue's restricted block during the posted weekday daytime hours is cited under § 265-21.1, payable at $30 under the Village's Local Supplemental Violations Bureau Schedule (§ 1-15). Keeping a commercial truck, van, bus or mobile home outside an enclosed garage on a residential lot, or failing to garage a truck overnight, is a separate zoning violation of § 190-124E enforceable by the Village's zoning officer.
Frequently Asked Questions
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