Linden, NJ Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Mayor/Police Chief winter storm warning
- Ban starts
- within 6 hours of warning
- Ban duration
- 48 hrs after snow stops
- Daily fine
- $100/day, continuing violation
- Streets covered
- designated snow-emergency street list
Summary
A Linden winter storm warning triggers a parking ban within six hours on designated snow-emergency streets, staying in effect for 48 hours after snow stops, with unmoved vehicles fined $100 per day under Section 7-7.3.
Whenever the Mayor, Chief of Police or, in his absence, the ranking officer issues a winter storm warning for an area including the City of Linden, which warning includes a forecast of snow, an emergency shall exist and within six (6) hours of the issuance of said warning no vehicle shall be parked on the streets or highways or portions thereof indicated. The above parking prohibitions shall remain in effect for forty-eight (48) hours after the snow has ceased until the streets have been plowed sufficiently and to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic. ... It shall be a violation of this section for any unoccupied vehicle, parked or standing, not to be moved forty-eight (48) hours after the snow has ceased or after six (6) hours after the issuance of winter storm warning. The fine shall be $100 per day, with each day after said forty-eight (48) hour period to be considered a continuing violation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4586096; v16 updated 2025-12-16; through 12-16-2025).
Full Breakdown
3, most recently amended by Ordinance No. 60-13, gives the Mayor or Chief of Police, or in their absence the ranking police officer, authority to declare a snow emergency by issuing a winter storm warning for the City of Linden. S. Route 1 (Edgar Road), St. Georges Avenue, Tremley Point Road and Wood Avenue, among others. The prohibition does not lift when the snow itself stops; it continues for 48 hours after the snow has ceased, or until the streets have been plowed sufficiently that parked cars will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic, whichever is later.
3(c) sets the penalty: leaving an unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation, either past the 48-hour post-snow window or within six hours of the warning being issued, draws a fine of $100 per day, with every additional day treated as a continuing, separate violation. If the vehicle is deemed a nuisance and menace to traffic, any police officer may also have it towed, and the owner must pay removal and storage costs in addition to the fine before reclaiming the car.
Violations & Fines
Section 7-7.3(c) fines an unmoved vehicle $100 per day once the six-hour warning window or the 48-hour post-snow window has passed, with each day a separate violation. Police may additionally tow an unoccupied violating vehicle as a traffic nuisance, billing the owner for removal and storage before it is released.
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