The Town of Kearny will again hold a lottery system to issue 2023 overnight parking permits for the following parking lots:
▪ American Legion/VFW ▪ Brighton Ave. Playground
▪ Chestnut St. (behind Mandees) ▪ Dowd Playground
▪ Mandee* ▪ Police Substation* ▪ Provident Bank
▪ 101 Kearny Ave. (formerly Sopranos)* ▪ 60 Passaic Ave.
2023 Overnight Parking Permit Rates
Passenger Vehicles – $125.00
Commercial Vehicles* – $250.00
Business Permits (daytime) – $525.00
Lottery entry forms are available at Town Hall or can be downloaded from the town’s website www.kearnynj.org. Completed entry forms may be left in the dropbox located at the front entrance of Town Hall, or mailed to the Clerk’s Office, 402 Kearny Avenue, Kearny, NJ 07032. Emailed forms will not be accepted. Mailed entries must be postmarked no later than September 23, 2022. Entries received after September 23rd forfeit the right to be included in the lottery drawing.
The lottery drawing for overnight parking spaces will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2022 beginning at 10:00 a.m. via a “Zoom” Webinar. Please visit https://zoom.us/download to download the app onto a computer or mobile device and use the following Webinar ID: 889 8857 3294. Alternatively, you can also select the following link and view the Webinar via Video Conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88988573294. Applicants need not be present for the drawing.
All entries chosen will be notified by either phone or email within 10 days; winners are subject to eligibility requirements as defined by Town Code Section 7-33 and application review and verification that the applicant does not have access to a driveway on the tax lot in which they reside.
*Commercial vehicles permitted only in lots designated with an asterisk (*)
Click here for Lottery Entry Form
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING PERMIT FOR PARKING LOTS
1) There is a limit of one lottery entry per household.
2) Lottery entry forms are available on the Town website www.kearnynj.org to download and print, and in the Clerk’s Office at Town Hall, 402 Kearny Avenue.
3) The deadline to submit a lottery entry form is September 23, 2022. Entry forms may be left in the dropbox located at the front entrance of Town Hall, or mailed to the Clerk’s Office, 402 Kearny Avenue, Kearny, NJ 07032. Mailed entries must be postmarked by midnight on September 23, 2022. Entries received after that date will forfeit the right to be included in the lottery drawing. Emailed forms will not be accepted.
4) All lottery entries must include one parking lot of choice; duplicate entries for multiple lots will not be honored.
5) A lottery drawing will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2022 beginning at 10:00 a.m. via a “Zoom” Webinar. The app can be downloaded onto a computer or mobile device from https://zoom.us/download; use the following Webinar ID: 889 8857 3294. Alternatively, you can also select the following link and view the Webinar via Video Conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88988573294. Applicants need not be present for the drawing.
6) Winners of overnight parking spaces will be notified by phone or email within 10 business days of the lottery drawing date with instructions and deadlines for submitting an Overnight Parking Permit Application and payment.
7) Completed applications and payment are due by November 4, 2022. If an application is deemed incomplete and/or payment is not received by November 4, 2022, the 2023 overnight parking permit is forfeited. All winners are subject to eligibility requirements as defined by Town Code Section 7-33 and application review and verification that the applicant does not have access to a driveway on the tax lot in which they reside.
8) Applicants who have not been contacted for a 2023 overnight parking permit from the lottery drawing on September 29th will be placed on a waitlist in the order their entry is selected and is eligible for unclaimed or forfeited permits.
9) Residents who did not enter the lottery will be placed on a waitlist following those applicants who did not win an overnight parking space in the lottery drawing.
10) Parking permit stickers will be mailed by mid-December.
11) We reserve the right to disqualify any entries not meeting the above eligibility requirements. The Town is not responsible for any lost entries or delayed delivery by the US Postal Service or by any other delivery service. Entries must be received by the September 23rd deadline.
12) For additional questions, or to confirm your entry has been received, contact the Clerk’s Office at (201) 283-5601.
