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

Ridgewood's parking rules sit in Code Chapter 265 (Vehicles and Traffic). The headline rule is the Village-wide overnight ban under §265-36 — no parking on any public street or public parking lot anywhere in the Village between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. This applies to every block, not just specific permit zones, and is enforced by the Ridgewood Police Department year-round (full enforcement was reinstated May 1, 2021 after a pandemic pause). Overnight Parking Permits (ONPP) are sold under Article IV of Chapter 265, but only to residents living in the Central Business District who do not have parking provided by their landlord. Permit hours are 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. The ONPP system is residency-based: applicants must demonstrate residency, which short-term guests by definition cannot do. The Chief of Police, under Chapter 265, may waive the overnight ban for up to five nights on individual request from a resident, with longer waivers reviewed case-by-case — but again the program contemplates resident vehicles, not paid transient guests. For long-term tenants (31+ days) without off-street parking in the Central Business District, the ONPP is the only legal overnight option; everywhere else in the Village, off-street driveway/garage parking is required overnight. Because §117 Art. IX prohibits any paid rental under 31 days, the Village does not issue STR guest passes, and a host cannot use ONPP, the police-discretion waiver, or any other Village permit to legally accommodate Airbnb-style guests overnight on the street. Daytime metered parking in the Central Business District is regulated separately (parking meters and pay-by-app) and is open to anyone, but it does not solve the 2:00–6:00 a.m. ban.