Bill Text: NJ A4964 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Reduces Statewide site improvement standards on-street parking space size and modifies certain parking space calculation.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-05-07 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A4964 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-A4964-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Reduces Statewide site improvement standards on-street parking space size and modifies certain parking space calculation.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning Statewide site improvement standards for certain parking spaces and supplementing P.L.1993, c.32 (C.40:55D-40.1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), for the purpose of calculating the number of available parking spaces pursuant to the Statewide site improvement standards as follows:
a. on-street parking spaces developed after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall be a length of 20 feet; and
b. when determining the required number of parking spaces in a development, if the number of parking spaces results in a fractional space for the entire development, any fraction shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill directs the Commissioner of Community Affairs (commissioner) to adopt regulations for the purpose of calculating the number of available parking spaces in certain situations. Specifically, the bill directs the commissioner to require that on-street parking spaces developed after the effective date of the bill are to be a length of 20 feet, rather than the current standard of 23 feet established pursuant to N.J.A.C.5:21-4.14. The bill also directs the commissioner to, if the number of parking spaces in a development results in a fractional space, round down to the nearest whole number when determining the required number of parking spaces in the development.
Adjusting the size and calculation of parking spaces is intended to lower development construction costs. These adjustments are also intended to improve functional land use for housing and public spaces, to encourage the use of public transit, and to improve the walkability of the surrounding area.
