Freehold Township, NJ Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

7 of the Traffic chapter, added by Ordinance No. O-96-06, prohibits parking or leaving a parked vehicle on any street in Freehold Township once snow or ice has accumulated on the paved travel surface. The ordinance defines snow- and/or ice-covered precisely: the snow and ice, alone or combined, must have formed a continuous cover on the paved portion of the street, except where that cover has already been broken up by passing vehicles, pedestrians, or wind-driven drifting. That wording means the ban is not tied to a declared snow emergency or a fixed number of inches; it turns on whether a continuous layer is actually sitting on the roadway at the time an officer observes the vehicle.

The Township is required to post no-parking signs on the major highways that provide access into the Township warning drivers of the restriction, but if a state or county agency that controls one of those highways refuses to allow the signs, the Township is relieved of the posting duty, and the code specifically states that a driver cannot use the missing sign as a defense because every person is presumed to know the law regardless. Enforcement is immediate and does not wait for a formal emergency declaration: any vehicle found parked on a snow- or ice-covered street can be ordered towed by a Township, county, or state law enforcement officer, and the registered owner is responsible for both the towing charge and any storage fees the vehicle accumulates afterward.

7 sets its own fixed ceiling rather than deferring to the Chapter 1 default. Freehold Township Police and the Department of Public Works coordinate enforcement with the plowing schedule, and cars left in place through multiple snow events can be cited repeatedly, since the code does not limit citations to a single ticket per storm.