Bloomfield, NJ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 315-40 sets the general conditions for all parking and loading spaces under the Bloomfield Township land development chapter. Subsection A requires that all parking areas have a smooth paved surface, be drained and be maintained in good usable condition, which rules out gravel or dirt pads as required parking.

Subsection B is the front yard rule. In residential zones, no required parking is permitted in any front yard except in a driveway leading to a garage. The width of that driveway is limited to the width of the garage, not to exceed 22 feet at the building line. A driveway that widens past the garage door, or a driveway serving a house with no garage, cannot supply required spaces in the front yard.

Subsection C keeps the spaces close to the home. All required spaces in residential zones and for all residential uses must be upon or adjacent to the lot they serve, and for one- and two-family dwellings the required parking must be on the same lot. Subsection F adds that no parking spaces or garages for one- and two-family homes can be more than two feet below ground level, which limits steep sunken driveways.

The number of spaces comes from § 315-41A(1): one- and two-family dwellings provide two parking spaces per dwelling unit, at least one of which is located within an enclosed garage. Multifamily zones have their own driveway limits. In the R-G Garden Apartment Residential Zone, the supplementary regulations in § 315-38 cap one-way driveways at 10 feet and two-way driveways at 20 feet. For nonresidential lots, § 315-40H limits a one-way driveway to 12 feet and a two-way driveway to 24 feet, and bars any driveway within 25 feet of a street intersection.