Bergen County, NJ Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

The Bergen County Parks System Rules and Regulations add electric-vehicle charging to the same 'Parking' subsection, Article III(z)(3), that covers general vehicle parking in the county park system. Item I states that all electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles must be actively charging when parked in an authorized designated charging space and may not remain in the space longer than when the vehicle is done charging or more than the posted time amount, whichever is sooner. In practice that gives a driver two independent clocks: the moment the vehicle finishes charging, and whatever time limit the Bergen County Parks Department has posted at that specific charging station, whichever expires first.

The rule targets charger squatting, parking a plugged-in vehicle in a charging space well past the point it is drawing power, which keeps other EV drivers from being able to use a limited number of charging spaces at parks like Van Saun County Park or Overpeck County Park. The charging-space rule sits alongside the section's other vehicle rules, including the general bar on parking outside posted park hours (z)(3)(A) and the ban on using park premises to service, wash, or repair a vehicle (z)(3)(D)-(E), so a vehicle that overstays a charging space after the charge is complete is also exposed to those general parking violations if it remains overnight or blocks access to the space.