West New York, NJ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Article VI of Chapter 277 was adopted 4-21-1999 as Ord. No. 6/99. Its operative section opens by setting aside N.J.S.A. 39:4-138 for the Town of West New York, so the Board of Commissioners wrote its own, narrower exception. Parking in front of a private driveway is permitted only where one of three conditions is met: the motor vehicle and the driveway are owned by the same person; the vehicle is owned by a member of the same household as the owner of the private driveway; or the owner of the private driveway authorizes the parking of a motor vehicle in front of the private driveway.

Three conditions apply no matter which instance you rely on. The text requires the parking to be entirely within and parallel to the street. It must not be otherwise prohibited, which leaves every other Chapter 277 restriction in force. And it must not interfere with the safe and normal flow of traffic.

The "not otherwise prohibited" clause carries real weight in the Town. A resident parking permit does not lift other limits: under § 277-30 A a permit holder stays subject to Title 39 and to Town ordinance restrictions for street sweeping, public safety and handicapped parking zones. The snow emergency ban on Bergenline Avenue, Park Avenue and 60th Street in § 277-38 is likewise a prohibition that the driveway exception does not lift.

Article VI addresses vehicles standing in the street in front of a driveway. It sets no standard for parking on a front yard or an unpaved surface, and it says nothing about the form of the owner's authorization, so the section does not require the permission to be in writing. Private land is handled by a different article: § 277-1 makes it unlawful to park or leave standing any vehicle on the lands of another, publicly or privately owned, where the owner, occupant, lessee or licensee has posted a sign not less than 18 inches by 24 inches bearing the words "No Parking".