Howell, NJ Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Curbside loading in Howell Township is set by a single sentence. Section 7-7 designates the locations described in Schedule X, attached to and made part of Chapter 7, as loading zones. The section prints no days, hours or time cap; those details sit with the schedule and the posted signs. Section 7-2 fixes any hours named in the chapter as Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Saving Time, whichever is in current use in the Township, and § 7-1 borrows its word meanings from Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey.

Two parking rules in the same chapter touch loading. In a residentially zoned area, § 7-3.7(a) lets a truck, tractor, trailer, bus, recreational vehicle or construction equipment stand on a street while actively used for delivery, pickup, loading and unloading of individuals and equipment, but a dumpster placed on a street has no exception. Under § 7-3.7(b), the rule does not apply to a truck or vehicle less than 25 feet in length.

Private commercial sites answer to Chapter 188, Land Use. Section 188-106 applies to uses requiring site plan approval. Subsection H requires adequate off-street loading and maneuvering space for every use, with a minimum of one space per use. For a shopping center or industrial complex, the count is based on the cumulative square feet in the building or complex and the spaces are dispersed through the site. Uses not listed get the spaces the Planning Board sets in site plan review. A tract of at least 25 acres can use fewer spaces if no part of a loading area is closer than 200 feet to a property line and the connecting driveway is at least 300 feet long. Subsection I keeps off-street loading and maneuvering areas out of any front yard, requires spaces to abut the building served, and bars loading spaces from any required buffer area. Subsection C requires concrete or Belgian block curbing around all loading areas, and subsection B buffers loading areas from adjoining streets and residential districts.