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

15, Resident parking districts, sets a formal, evidence-based process rather than letting any block opt in. The City Council must find that a proposed district's on-street spaces are insufficient because of excessive use by major office, institutional, educational or transportation facilities of citywide or regional scale. To qualify, at least 75% of buildings in the district must be used for residential purposes and the district must include at least 200 legal on-street spaces of 20 linear feet each, though Council can waive the space minimum on the Department of Public Works' recommendation if enforcing it would arbitrarily pull in unrelated blocks.

Before any study begins, residents must first meet with tenants and commercial or professional establishments in the proposed area, then submit a written petition bearing legible signatures from at least 75% of residential tenants or owner-occupants representing each block. weekdays) with at least 25% of those spaces occupied by nonresidents, which the ordinance treats as facial evidence of excessive use. Once created by Council ordinance and listed in Schedule XXIX, each qualifying household gets one resident decal per registered vehicle plus two visitor passes, houses of worship can request extra decals and short-term event passes, and commercial establishments in the district can receive two temporary visitor passes each.