Plainfield, NJ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 17:9-42 of the Plainfield Municipal Code sets driveway and parking standards for lots in the City of Plainfield. Subsection A keeps a residential driveway at least two feet from a property line; a nonresidential driveway must stay ten feet from an adjacent residential property and five feet from any other property line unless the chapter says otherwise. Subsection B bars a driveway from serving any use other than the permitted use on its own lot.

Width is fixed by subsections G and H. A driveway for a one- or two-car garage must be at least ten feet wide and no more than twenty feet wide. Curb cuts are capped at fourteen feet for a ten-foot driveway and twenty-six feet for a twenty-foot driveway.

Subsection I controls the surface. All driveways and parking areas must be durable and dustless asphalt or cement, except that driveways for one- and two-family dwellings can use decorative stone or pavers. The code states that road stone and quarry stone are not decorative stone, so those materials do not satisfy the exception.

Front yard parking is addressed in subsection P: in all zone districts, parking lots and individual spaces are prohibited in front yard areas, and the code explains that front yard parking does not contain a permitted driveway. Subsection Q sets the minimum parking space at nine by eighteen feet, and subsection E bars parking lots from any required side yard setback area or front yard area. The section was last amended by Ord. No. MC 2025-23 on June 16, 2025.