Freehold City Zoning Code

Requirements for residential uses.

A.

Number of parking spaces. The required number of parking spaces for residential uses shall be in accordance with this section and with the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards, ("RSIS") N.J.A.C. 5:21-1.1 et seq.

1.

Reserved.

2.

Reserved.

3.

Hotels, Motels, Tourist Homes, Rooming or Boarding Houses: one parking space per sleeping or dwelling unit.

4.

Barber and Beauty Shops: one and one-half parking spaces per beauty chair or barber chair, plus one additional parking space for each employee.

5.

a.

Retail Sales and Services, Except When Otherwise Specifically Covered Herein: one parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area of the building or major fraction thereof.

b.

Places of Assembly, Including Catering or Banquet Halls, Except When Otherwise Specifically Covered Herein: one parking space for every four persons who may legally be admitted therein at one time under the state fire prevention laws.

6.

Stores for the Retail Sale of Furniture or Hardware: one parking space for every five hundred (500) square feet of building area or major fraction thereof plus one additional parking space for each employee.

7.

Grocery/Convenience Stores, Minimum Parking Required: one space for every two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area in B-2 zone, one space per every one hundred fifty (150) square feet elsewhere.

8.

Laundromats: one parking space for every two washing machines.

9.

Restaurants, Cafeterias, Taverns: one parking space for every four seats for customers, plus one space for every two employees.

10.

Banks, Financial and Business Offices and Professional Offices: one parking space for every four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area of the building or major fraction thereof.

11.

Auditoriums, Churches, Theaters, Stadiums, Assembly Halls, and Similar Places of Public Assembly Having Fixed Seating Facilities, also Dance or Recreation Halls: one parking space for every four persons who may legally be admitted therein at one time under the state fire prevention laws.

12.

Nursing Homes or Other Institutional Uses for Care of the Ill or Aged: one parking space for every four beds, plus one additional parking space for every two employees and members of the staff in the largest working shift.

13.

Mortuaries and Funeral Homes: one parking space for every fifty (50) square feet of floor area in the slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms.

14.

Transportation Terminal Facilities: one parking space for every fifty (50) square feet of building space.

15.

Motor Vehicle Service Stations: two parking spaces for each service bay, plus one parking space for each employee, with a minimum of two parking spaces for employees.

16.

Motor Vehicle Sales and Service: one parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of building area or fraction thereof.

17.

Manufacturers: one parking space for each employee on the maximum work shift or one space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.

18.

Off-Street Loading and Unloading Provisions:

19.

Instructional Studios: one parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area of the building or major fraction thereof.

a.

For every building, structure or part thereof having over five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross building area erected and occupied for commerce, hotel, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning, places of public assembly, industry, and other similar uses involved in the receipt and distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and permanently maintained adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Every building structure or addition thereto having a use which complies with the above definition shall be provided with at least one truck standing, loading, and unloading space on the premises not less than twelve (12) feet in width, twenty-five (25) feet in length, and fourteen (14) feet in height. One additional truck space of these dimensions shall be provided for every additional ten thousand (10,000) square feet, or major fraction thereof, of gross area in the building. Off-street loading and unloading areas shall be paved and adequately drained in accordance with standards established by the borough and subject to the approval of the borough engineer.

b.

Access to a truck standing, loading and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or alley or from any right-of-way that will not interfere with public convenience, and that will permit orderly and safe movement of truck vehicles.

c.

Loading space as required under this section shall be provided as area in addition to off-street parking space and shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.

B.

The planning/zoning board may consider requests for design waivers or design deficiency approvals for deficient parking provided at least ninety (90) percent of the parking spaces required by the ordinance are proposed. If less than ninety (90) percent of the required parking spaces are proposed, an application for a bulk variance must be made by the applicant.

C.

Unless specifically waived by the governing body, a contribution to the Freehold Borough Municipal Parking Capital Improvement Fund is required for each required space not provided in the B-1 and B-2 zones. The amount of the parking contribution fee shall be established annually by resolution of the governing body. Each application for a waiver shall stand on its own merits. However, applicants shall be entitled to a credit for previous contributions made to the municipal parking capital improvement fund.

D.

In the case of a change in use of an existing building, additional parking is required when the parking requirements of the new use is higher than the requirements of the previous use. The differential in parking spaces between the old and new uses shall be provided to comply with this chapter. If the parking requirements between the existing use and the new proposed use do not increase, the existing parking provided is deemed to satisfy the parking requirements under the chapter.

E.

A parking requirement for a use may be satisfied through the provision of dedicated parking at an off-site location. The off-site location shall be located within a seven hundred (700) foot radius of the property whose parking requirement is being satisfied. The parking arrangement shall be formalized through a legal instrument such as a deed, lease, or easement deemed acceptable by the borough attorney. Any off-street parking supplied in this manner shall run with the land (not be invalidated by change in ownership), and any subsequent change in use that requires more parking shall require subsequent action to satisfy any additional parking requirements.

(Ord. No. 2013/2, § 2, 4-15-13; Ord. No. 2016/10, § 1, 9-6-16; Ord. No. 2023/9, § 1, 3-20-23; Ord. No. 2025-14, § 1, 6-16-25; Ord. No. 2025-20, § 1, 11-10-25; Ord. No. 2026-8, § 1, 3-16-26)

Any developer who may require a parking space variance from the requirements of Section 18.73.010 shall, as a condition of that variance, make a contribution to the municipal parking capital improvement fund in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for each parking space the project is deficient.

(Ord. No. 2013/19, § 1, 11-18-13; Ord. No. 2023/9, § 1, 3-20-23)