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

040(B) sets out what the license application to the bureau of central licensing must include. Paragraph 7 requires the number and location of all parking spaces available to the premises, covering both legal off-street spaces and on-street spaces directly adjacent to the property, and the owner must certify that every effort will be made to avoid or mitigate on-street parking problems in the surrounding neighborhood caused by excessive vehicles generated by the rental. Paragraph 8 goes further, requiring the owner's agreement that all renters of the short-term rental be limited to one vehicle for every two occupants of the unit.

These parking disclosures sit alongside the application's other required elements, including owner contact information, proof the property is the owner's principal residence, and a sworn acknowledgement the owner has read and understands the chapter. 050. 020(C)(1), the parking disclosure and vehicle limit function as tools the chief license inspector and police can use to evaluate and later enforce against a rental generating parking complaints. 060(B) for fraud or misrepresentation in the application process.