Plainfield, NJ Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

The City of Plainfield does not leave loading zones to a general rule. Section 16:8-1 of the Plainfield Municipal Code designates as Loading Zones the locations described in Section 16A-10, Schedule X of the traffic chapter, so a curb counts as a loading zone only if Schedule X lists it. Schedule X is a street-by-street list. It includes the west side of Church Street south of Front Street, the west side of Cleveland Avenue from East Fourth Street to a point 70 feet north of East Fifth Street, the north side of East Fifth Street from points 35 feet to 85 feet east of Park Avenue, and the north side of West Fifth Street from points 200 feet to 250 feet west of Park Avenue. Zones are also listed on East Fourth, East Front, West Front, Grant and Madison, among other streets. Schedule X prints locations and no hours column, so the schedule itself sets no time window.

Commercial vehicles face a separate rule on every other curb. Section 16:5-2(b) bars the vehicles it defines, including commercial motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, road tractors and truck tractors, from parking on any street or public parking facility at any time, except for loading and unloading, for repairs or renovations to property immediately fronting the street between normal business hours, or for utility or City vehicles making emergency repairs. Covered vehicles are ticketed and towed.

Section 16:5-1 separately excludes trucks over four tons from the streets in Schedule V, except for delivery or removal of supplies, materials, merchandise or goods to and from the dwellings or places of business of persons residing or doing business on those streets. Under Section 16:2-1 the Police Division and the Bureau of Traffic and Parking assigned by the Chief of Police enforce the chapter.