East Brunswick, NJ Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

The yard rule sits in the Property Maintenance Code, § 166-15, Outside Storage - Residential Properties, added by Ord. No. 99-10. Its starting point is that any motor vehicle must be parked on a parking area, such as a driveway, or in a garage or carport, and is not to be parked on the grass or in any area intended for landscaping. Recreational vehicles are the stated exception: a boat, trailer, RV, or camper can be stored in either the side yard or the rear yard of a residential area. It must be located behind the front of the residence, and on a corner lot it belongs in the yard adjacent to a street. The same subsection sends the parking of inoperable vehicles and vehicles that are not legally licensed to Chapter 206, Vehicles, Abandoned.

The street rule is separate. Section 209-17.1, last amended 10-26-2020 by Ord. No. 20-21, makes it unlawful to park any truck or bus registered in excess of four tons, or any boat, trailer, recreational vehicle or camper regardless of weight, on any street, avenue, highway, or portion thereof in the Township of East Brunswick between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day. The only exception is for vehicles actually being used for emergency service. Because the ban applies regardless of weight, a small utility trailer or a pop-up camper is covered the same way as a heavy vehicle. Read together, the two sections leave the side yard and rear yard as the places the code names for keeping these vehicles, and the curb is closed to them for the overnight window.