Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Monroe Township Code Chapter 122, Article II, §§ 122-5 to 122-10
- General penalty
- Not more than $50 or 15 days, or both (§ 122-4)
- Costco Drive tractor trailers
- $250 to $500 or up to 15 days, or both
- Overnight heavy vehicle ban
- 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Township streets (Schedule VA)
- Heavy vehicle threshold
- Commercial vehicles registered for 10,000 pounds or more
- Time-limit rule
- Applies except Sundays and public holidays (§ 122-9)
Summary
In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, on-street parking is restricted street by street through schedules attached to Chapter 122. Schedule I bars parking at all times, Schedule II bars it during listed hours, Schedule III bars stopping or standing, and Schedule IV sets time limits. A violation costs up to $50 or 15 days in jail, or both.
§ 122-6. Parking prohibited at all times. No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I (§ 122-30) attached to and made a part of this chapter. § 122-7. Parking prohibited during certain hours. No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule II (§ 122-31) of any day, except Sundays and public holidays, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule II attached to and made a part of this chapter. § 122-8. Stopping or standing prohibited. No person shall stop or stand a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule III (§ 122-32) of any day, except Sundays and public holidays, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule III attached to and made a part of this chapter. § 122-9. Parking time limited. No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule IV (§ 122-33) at any time between the hours listed in said Schedule IV of any day, except Sundays and public holidays, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule IV attached to and made a part of this chapter.
Full Breakdown
Article II of Chapter 122 (Vehicles and Traffic), adopted by the Township Council in 1977 as Ord. No. 329, works through lists rather than a township-wide rule. Section 122-6 makes it unlawful to park at any time on the streets named in Schedule I (§ 122-30). Section 122-7 bars parking between the hours in Schedule II (§ 122-31), and the ban does not apply on Sundays and public holidays. Section 122-8 goes further for the streets in Schedule III (§ 122-32): no stopping or standing at all during the listed times. Section 122-9 caps stays at the time limit printed in Schedule IV (§ 122-33).
The schedules carry the real detail. Schedule I names streets such as Costco Drive, Clayton Avenue and Collins Avenue, plus a stretch of Buckelew Avenue (CR 522) running between the Jamesburg and Manalapan borders, and 1,600 feet of Applegarth Road below Cranbury Half Acre Road. Schedule III lists, for example, Browns Corner Road, north side, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., between South River-Cranbury Road and a point 200 feet east. In the code as exported, Schedule II (hours) and Schedule IV (time limits) each read "(Reserved)", so no street is currently listed under them.
Section 122-10.1 and Schedule VA (§ 122-34.1) add an overnight rule for heavy vehicles: commercial vehicles registered for 10,000 pounds or more, all school buses and all trailers designed to be hooked to cars, vans or pick-up trucks may not park on Township streets from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Section 122-5 adds that the time-limit provisions do not excuse anyone from stricter rules in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138 or other state law. Section 122-24 ties snow-emergency parking bans to signs, and § 122-29.1 separately reserves handicapped spaces in municipal lots.
Violations & Fines
Section 122-4 sets the baseline: unless a New Jersey statute or another section of Chapter 122 provides a different penalty, a person convicted of violating the chapter faces a penalty of not more than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both. A tractor trailer operator convicted of violating the no parking or no stopping or standing rules along both sides of Costco Drive faces not less than $250 nor more than $500, or up to 15 days, or both. Wrongful use of a handicapped space is $100 for a first offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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