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Kearny adopts ordinance limiting commercial overnight parking; residents press town on permit rollout and enforcement
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance tightening rules on commercial vehicle parking and moving vans, and council members and residents discussed the phased rollout of residential permit parking on Sanford Avenue and nearby blocks amid enforcement concerns.
The Town of Kearny on April 22 adopted ordinance 25-0-15, an amendment to Chapter 7 that tightens rules on parking of commercial vehicles and clarifies how moving vans will be handled. Councilman Jerry Fasito moved the adoption; Councilwoman DeCastro seconded. The ordinance passed on a roll-call vote: yes — Decastro, Facido, Theodoropoulos, Esteeves, Rodriguez, Mayor Doyle; no — Zapata, Solano.
Why it matters: the ordinance change removes an exemption that previously allowed some commercial vehicles — notably moving vans left on the street overnight — to escape enforcement and gives police and public-works staff a clearer enforcement path. The change arrives as the town begins a phased rollout of resident permit parking in parts of Sanford Avenue, Ogden and Anne Street and other nearby blocks.
What the ordinance and council said The ordinance removes language that had allowed certain…
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