Monroe Township (Gloucester County), NJ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 175-123 of the Monroe Township Code, Off-street parking and loading, opens with access rules for drives. Subsection A limits drives to a maximum of two to any street. The exception is a property whose frontage along one street exceeds 500 feet, where the number of drives to that street can be based on one drive for each 250 feet of frontage. Each drive must be at least 50 feet or 1/2 the lot frontage, whichever is greater, but need not exceed 300 feet from the street line of any intersecting street, and at least 10 feet from any property line.

The width of the curb cut is determined by the type of traffic. Driveways with widths exceeding 25 feet are reviewed by the approving authority, which weighs the width, curbing, direction of traffic flow, radii of curves and traffic land divider. Curbing is either depressed at the driveway or rounded at the corners.

Subsection G is the surfacing rule. Surfacing shall be approved as part of the plan approval. Unless the Board Engineer finds that site conditions or anticipated traffic warrant an increased paving section, all loading and parking spaces, aisle and driveway areas shall be paved with a minimum of two inches of compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC), built to Division 3, Section 10, of the Department of Transportation Specifications. A six-inch gravel base shall be provided. Because the paving standard ties to plan approval, it governs projects that come before the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Drainage follows in subsection F: parking and loading areas need drainage facilities approved by the Municipal Engineer and consistent with section 175-140, the stormwater section. The lot standards in section 175-117 also print a maximum driveway grade of 10% and a 1% minimum slope for smooth, hard surfaces such as driveways. For recreational vehicles parked on a home lot, section 175-138 separately keeps storage out of any required front yard.