East Brunswick, NJ Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

The zoning rule is in § 228-218.1, Parking, subsections D and E, added 4-8-2019 by Ord. No. 19-06. Charging stations must be designed and provided in compliance with the Building Code, and required automobile parking spaces can be substituted with designated charging stations. Equipment and stations are permitted accessory uses in all zoning districts, and each charging space has to meet all the standards for parking areas in the zoning chapter. Stations and their equipment sit no closer than 10 feet to a front lot line. Each charging space counts toward one required parking space for zoning compliance. If the overall parking count falls below the required stalls, a parking study is reviewed by the Administrative Officer or designee for administrative approval.

Subsection E, amended 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 21-17 and 12-13-2021 by Ord. No. 21-34, makes charging mandatory for new developments. Commercial development provides make-ready stalls by stall count: one for 0 to 50 stalls, two for 51 to 75, three for 76 to 100, four for 101 to 150, and 4% for 151 stalls and above, with 5% of those ADA compliant. Charging stations must be installed before a final certificate of occupancy is issued, and a retailer with 25 or fewer off-street parking spaces is not required to provide one. Multifamily development with five or more units provides 15% of proposed spaces as make-ready, installs equipment in 1/3 of those spaces at initial construction, and installs the rest within six years of the certificate of occupancy. Five percent of make-ready spaces must be ADA compliant.

Two other chapters touch charging. Section 209-17.5, added 12-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-24, makes it unlawful to park in a designated charging stall unless the vehicle is connected for charging, bars anyone from blocking access to those stalls, and requires a sign at least 17 inches by 22 inches stating a $100 fine. For Township-owned stalls, § 209-16(I) sets $1.50 per hour for the first three hours and $3 per hour after that, amendable by resolution. The electrical fee schedule in the Uniform Construction Code chapter lists $95 for an at-home EV charger.