East Brunswick, NJ Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Section 182-5(A) of the East Brunswick Township Code lists what a short-term rental permit application must contain, and two items govern parking. Under (8), the owner reports the number and location of all parking spaces available to the premises, counting the legal off-street spaces and the on-street spaces directly adjacent to the premises, and certifies that every effort will be made to avoid or mitigate on-street parking problems in the neighborhood caused by excessive vehicles generated by the rental, in order to avoid a shortage of parking for residents in the surrounding neighborhood. Under (9), the owner agrees that all renters are limited to one vehicle per two occupants in the short-term rental property.

The limit does not stop at the application. Section 182-7(F)(4) requires the owner to post the maximum number of parking spaces available on site in a prominent location inside the rental, next to the owner and responsible party phone numbers, the trash and recycling pick-up day and the notice that guests and owners can be cited or fined. Section 182-7(L) gives the Township an enforcement lever: if it receives three substantiated complaints concerning excessive vehicles belonging to the transient occupants, the Business Administrator or a designee can revoke the permit. Section 182-9, added by Ord. No. 25-34 on 10-13-2025, separately makes it unlawful to allow more persons than the posted maximum number of occupants to sleep in or occupy a residential structure, tying the headcount to § 166-12 of the Township Code, which in turn caps the vehicles the one-per-two-occupants rule allows.

The responsible party matters here. Under § 182-7(G) and (H), the responsible party and rental agent must resolve complaints if the owner cannot be reached, and someone must be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week to respond within two hours. Section 182-5(A)(10) separately commits the owner to best efforts so that use by transient occupants does not disrupt the neighborhood or interfere with neighbors' quiet enjoyment. A revoked rental needs a new application and first-time registration fee under § 182-4(E).