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

Chapter 228 of the East Orange Municipal Code, adopted June 10, 2024 by Ordinance 14-2024, treats parking as a core element of the short-term rental application. The applicant must disclose the number and locations of all parking spaces serving the premises, separated into legal off-street spaces (driveway, garage, off-street pad meeting Chapter 280 zoning standards) and on-street spaces directly adjacent to the property frontage. Renters of the STR are then capped at one vehicle per two occupants, so a unit advertised for six guests may produce no more than three vehicles between off-street and adjacent on-street parking. The owner must also certify in the application that every effort will be made to avoid or mitigate on-street parking shortages in the surrounding neighborhood caused by excessive STR-generated vehicles. East Orange is a dense Essex County urban municipality with extensive permit-parking and street-cleaning regulation under the city's Vehicles and Traffic chapter, and STR guests parked in violation of those rules are subject to the same towing and ticketing schedule as any other vehicle. Confirm specific street regulations and any STR-required parking plan with the East Orange Department of Property Maintenance at (973) 266-5320 and Planning & Development at (973) 266-5360 before submitting the Chapter 228 application.