Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Article XVII of Chapter 108 of the Monroe Township Code (Middlesex County) sets the Township Council's electric vehicle charging rules, and Section 108-17.3 ties them to preliminary site plan approval. For a multiple dwelling with five or more units, including condominium, cooperative, mutual housing and mixed-use projects, the owner prepares at least 15% of the required off-street parking as make-ready spaces and installs EVSE in at least 1/3 of those spaces. Another 1/3 gets EVSE within three years of the certificate of occupancy and the final 1/3 within six years. At least 5% of the EVSE must be accessible for people with disabilities.

Every other parking lot or garage installs at least one make-ready space for 50 or fewer off-street spaces, two for 51 to 75, three for 76 to 100, and four for 101 to 150, with at least one of the four accessible. Above 150 spaces the figure is at least 4% of the total spaces, and at least 5% of those must be accessible. A lot or garage can install EVSE in place of make-ready spaces. A retailer with 25 or fewer off-street parking spaces and the developer or owner of a single-family home are exempt.

Section 108-17.4 counts every EVSE and make-ready space toward minimum parking. Each one counts as at least two spaces, a reduction of no more than 10% of the total required parking, and all calculations round up to the next full space.

Section 108-17.2 makes an application solely for EVSE or make-ready spaces a permitted accessory use in all zoning or use districts with no variance. At an existing gasoline service station, retail establishment or other existing building, installation skips site plan and land use board review and is approved by a zoning permit from the administrative officer. That application is deemed complete if no notice of incompleteness issues within 20 days, and it is not reviewed against parking requirements.

Section 108-17.5 adds design standards. A space not accessible for people with disabilities is not less than 10 feet wide or 20 feet in length, and EVSE outlets and connectors sit no less than 36 inches and no higher than 48 inches from the ground. Publicly accessible EVSE sits at a space marked with green painted pavement and signage, protected by concrete-filled steel bollards three feet to four feet high, with a twenty-four-hour on-call contact posted on the equipment.