Bayonne, NJ Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)
Key Facts
- Regular permit fee
- $5.00 per year
- Senior discount
- 2 free passes, age 62+
- Non-resident permit
- $200 per year
- Temporary visitor permit
- $5.00, valid 21 days
- Time limit without permit
- 3 hours max
- First-offense fine
- minimum $50
Summary
In the City of Bayonne, the Mayor may designate residential permit parking zones where commuter overflow parking is a problem, subject to City Council disapproval within 45 days. Only permit holders may park longer than three hours in a designated zone, and the Bayonne Parking Utility issues and enforces the permits.
Whenever the Mayor or his designee shall make a determination that a residential area is impacted by commuter vehicles, he or she may initiate the creation of a residential permit parking area(s), and the regulations for the implementation thereof, within the City of Bayonne, to alleviate unfavorable parking conditions and restrict the outside flow of commuter traffic into residential neighborhoods, thus enhancing the quality of life by reducing noise, alleviating traffic hazards and litter within residential areas. ... No person without a valid residential parking permit properly issued to and displayed upon his or her vehicle shall park in excess of three hours on any of the streets within the designated residential parking permit area (zone). ... Permit fees shall be: 1. $5.00 per residential parking permit. A senior discount of 2 free passes will be available to any resident 62 years or older. ... $200 per non-resident parking permit which is valid for one year. ... Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this chapter shall be liable to a fine of a minimum of $50 for a first offense and a fine of a minimum of $100 for any offense thereafter.
Full Breakdown
Under Bayonne City Code Chapter 7, the Mayor or a designee may initiate a residential permit parking area after finding a residential area is impacted by commuter vehicles; the Parking Utility may also request the determination. The City Council can block the zone by resolution within 45 days of receiving the Mayor's written request, otherwise the Mayor's designee gains authority to create it. Permits go only to legal residents of the zone, or to owners, lessees or employees of a business actively operating within it, upon application with a driver's license copy, vehicle registration and, for renewals, no in-person appearance requirement.
Regular residential permits cost $5.00, with two free passes for residents 62 and older; temporary visitor permits cost $5.00 and last 21 days; non-resident permits cost $200 and run one year. Vehicles displaying a disabled placard under N.J.S.A. 39:4-205, emergency and government vehicles, and vehicles parked on weekends and legal holidays are exempt. Signs must mark the zones as 'Tow-Away Zones,' and a permit does not authorize parking in loading zones, at hydrants or in disabled spaces. Occupants of developments in redevelopment areas approved on or after January 1, 2015 are barred from obtaining residential or visitor permits, and landlords must post that notice at building entrances in 20-point type.
Violations & Fines
Bayonne City Code § 7-17.7 makes it unlawful to park beyond the posted time limit or in violation of a zone restriction without a valid permit, carrying a minimum $50 fine for a first offense and a minimum $100 fine for each offense after that. In redevelopment-area buildings where permits are barred entirely, the property owner or agent faces a court-assessed fine up to $500 per violation, but not less than $100 per violation per day the violation continues.
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