§ 39:4-138 — Places where parking prohibited, exceptions; moving vehicle not under one's control into prohibited area.

39:4-138. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a traffic or police officer or traffic sign or signal, no operator of a vehicle shall stand or park the vehicle in any of the following places: a. Within an intersection; b. On a crosswalk; c. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within at least 20 feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone; d. In front of a public or private driveway; e. (1) Within 25 feet of the nearest crosswalk or side line of a street or intersecting highway, except at alleys and as provided in section 2 of P.L.2009, c.257 (C.39:4-138.6); or (2) Within 10 feet of the nearest crosswalk or side line of a street or intersecting highway, if a curb extension or bulbout has been constructed at that crosswalk; f. On a sidewalk; g. In any appropriately marked "No Parking" space established pursuant to the duly promulgated regulations of the Commissioner of Transportation; h. Within 50 feet of a "stop" sign except as provided in section 2 of P.L.2009, c.257 (C.39:4-138.6); i. Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant; j. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; k. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance, when properly signposted; l. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic when properly signposted; m. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street; n. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel or underpass, or on the immediate approaches thereto except where space for parking is provided; o. In any space on public or private property appropriately marked for vehicles for persons with disabilities pursuant to P.L.1977, c.202 (C.39:4-197.5), P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), or any other applicable law unless the vehicle is authorized by law to be parked therein and a person with a disability is either the driver or a passenger in that vehicle. State, county, or municipal law enforcement officers or parking enforcement authority officers shall enforce the parking restrictions on spaces appropriately marked for vehicles for persons with disabilities on both public and private property; p. In any electric vehicle charging space if the vehicle is a non-electric vehicle or is a plug-in electric vehicle, including a battery electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, that is not actively charging and where the space is clearly marked with signage and pavement markings indicating the space is reserved for plug-in electric vehicles that are actively charging, which signage and pavement markings shall be visible during the day and night. An individual who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be subject to a fine of $55 for the first offense, $100 for the second offense, and $200 for the third and each subsequent offense. Towing of vehicles found to be in violation of this subsection shall be at the discretion of the municipality in which the electric vehicle charging space is located. In the event that a municipality exercises its discretion to tow a vehicle pursuant to this subsection, the registered owner or lessee of the vehicle shall be responsible for all towing and storage costs. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under the person's control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful. amended 1948, c.342, s.2; 1951, c.23, s.77; 1981, c.20, s.1; 1989, c.201, s.1; 2009, c. 107, s.2; 2009, c.257, s.1; 2017, c.131, s.157; 2025, c.155, s.2.