Bloomfield, NJ Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

Article III of Chapter 393 of the Bloomfield Township Code sets up residential permit parking. Section 393-15 bars parking on the streets or parts of streets named in the attached schedule during the hours and days the schedule lists. The schedule in subsection E applies between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. and lists each street by name, by side (North, South or Both) and by location. Entries include Abington Avenue (both sides, from the Newark line to the East Orange line), Ampere Parkway, Beardsley Avenue, Carteret Street, Cleveland Terrace, and short blocks of Baldwin Street, Benson Street and Comley Place measured from Essex Avenue. Ashland Avenue and Clinton Street were added in November 2019 and cover the entire length of each street within the Township limits.

A vehicle is lawful on a scheduled street in one of two cases. It either falls under an exception, or it is owned or operated on a regular basis by a resident of that street and displays a current residential parking permit on its left rear window, placed so an officer can examine it closely.

The exemptions in subsection B cover visitors displaying a visitor parking permit for a maximum of five days, and contractors and service and delivery vehicles that bear the name and address of a commercial business while they are rendering service to a residence inside the permit area.

Permits, resident or visitor, are applied for in writing to the Bloomfield Police Department on the forms it provides. The applicant must give satisfactory evidence of residence. A permit stays valid for as long as the conditions for issuing it still exist, and a holder who no longer qualifies must surrender it to the Police Department. It is unlawful to claim a permit you are not entitled to, to fail to surrender one, or to park a vehicle displaying a permit when the holder is no longer entitled to it.