East Orange, NJ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Front-yard parking
- Prohibited outright in the TVD
- Driveway width (10 or fewer vehicles)
- Maximum 10 feet
- Driveway width (more than 20 vehicles)
- Maximum 20 feet
- Minimum driveway separation
- 18 feet apart
- Paired driveways
- As close as 7 feet apart in pairs
Summary
In the City of East Orange's Transit Village District (TVD), City Code § 51-113 bans parking in the front yard outright and caps front-yard driveway paving at 10 feet wide for lots serving 10 or fewer vehicles, 20 feet for larger lots, while requiring at least 18 feet of separation between neighboring driveways.
§ 51-113. Parking. ... C. Under no circumstances shall any parking be located in the front yard of any structure. No front yard pavement is permitted other than for the minimum area needed for pedestrian walkways and for a vehicle circulation way to connect any indoor, rear yard, or side yard parking areas of a structure directly to the street. In the TVD, the maximum width of a paved vehicle circulation way or driveway within a front yard is 10 feet if it serves a parking area for 10 or fewer vehicles and 20 feet if it serves a parking area with more than 20 vehicles. ... Driveways shall be positioned to minimize interference with on-street parking. The minimum distance between driveways shall be 18 feet; however, driveways for two adjacent properties can be paired close together with a maximum distance of seven feet between each driveway in the pair, but such pairs shall be a minimum of 18 feet away from another driveway or driveway pair.
Full Breakdown
East Orange's Transit Village District parking rules, § 51-113, forbid locating any parking in the front yard of a structure under any circumstances. Front-yard pavement is limited to the minimum area needed for pedestrian walkways and a vehicle circulation way connecting indoor, rear-yard or side-yard parking to the street; that circulation way or driveway cannot exceed 10 feet in width where it serves a parking area of 10 or fewer vehicles, or 20 feet where the lot has more than 20 vehicles. The section explicitly disapplies the redevelopment-plan bulk carveout at § 51-71D within the TVD.
Driveway placement is also regulated: driveways must be positioned to minimize interference with on-street parking, and the minimum distance between separate driveways is 18 feet, though two adjacent properties may pair their driveways as close as seven feet apart from each other so long as the paired driveways stay at least 18 feet from the next driveway or driveway pair. A related townhouse-specific rule elsewhere in the Zoning Regulations, § 51-93F(f), likewise bars front-yard parking for townhouse developments and caps an access driveway at 10 feet wide.
Applicants in the TVD file for these approvals through the same subdivision and site-plan review process administered by the Planning Board under Article XI of Chapter 51.
Violations & Fines
Paving over the front yard for parking or building a wider driveway than the TVD's 10- or 20-foot cap in § 51-113 is a zoning violation subject to the City's general penalty, § 1-15, of $100 to $2,000, up to 90 days of imprisonment or community service, or both, with each day of the violation a separate offense enforced through the zoning permit and site-plan process.
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