Newark, NJ Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- General no-parking fine
- $85 per violation
- Driveway blocking
- mandatory tow, not just a ticket
- Immobilization fee
- $75
- Impound hold before sale
- 30 days unclaimed
- Statute cross-referenced
- N.J.S. 39:4-138d
- Enforcing agency
- Newark Division of Police
Summary
Newark's Revised General Ordinances list hundreds of specific streets and block segments where parking is banned outright or during posted hours, backed by an $85 fine per violation. Blocking a public or private driveway (other than a private residential one) draws a harsher response: state law makes it illegal, and Newark's own code requires the Police Division to tow the car rather than just ticket it.
No person shall park any vehicle at any time upon any of the following streets, portions of streets or designated points as shown below. The fine for violation of this section shall be $85.00. ... Whenever any member of the Newark Division of Police finds a vehicle upon a public highway in the City and: a. Such vehicle is parked in a zone where existing parking restriction signs are supplemented with tow-away zones signs, posted at the request of the Director of the Department of Engineering; or b. Such vehicle is parked in front of a public or private driveway (excluding a private residential driveway) in violation of N.J.S. 39:4-138d; then Such member shall move or secure the removal of such vehicle under the terms established in Section 23:5-11 of Title 23, Traffic and Parking, Impounding of Vehicles Illegally Parked, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 5019615; v61 updated 2026-06-17; through 06-17-2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 23:5 of the Revised General Ordinances runs an exhaustive street-by-street table of no-parking zones. Section 23:5-1 bars parking at any time on the listed streets and points, and Section 23:5-2 bars it during specified hours on another set of streets (rush-hour commuter corridors like Broad Street and Springfield Avenue are common examples). Either violation carries an $85 fine, restated in the City's Local Supplemental Violations Bureau schedule under Section 23:A-1. 2, 23:5-4, 23:5-6 or 23:5-7, charging the owner a $75 immobilization fee plus daily storage costs set under Section 8:19-6.
S. 39:4-138d. Once towed under this framework, the vehicle is held until the owner is notified by personal service or registered mail; if it sits unclaimed 30 days, the Department of Public Safety can sell it under state law. , with fines from $1,000 to $2,000 and mandatory impoundment on a second violation within 12 months.
Violations & Fines
A first offense under the general no-parking sections (23:5-1 or 23:5-2) is an $85 fine payable through the Violations Bureau. Blocking a driveway or parking in a signed tow-away zone triggers mandatory towing under Section 23:5-11.2: the owner owes the towing charge, the $75 immobilization fee if applicable, and accruing storage fees before the car is released, and an unclaimed vehicle can be sold after 30 days.
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