Parking

Municipal Parking Requires Payment April 1 - October 31

Paid Parking

Public metered parking is available from Central Avenue to the Boardwalk. Space numbers and signs there, direct you to pay at the parking paystations. Payments can be made with credit card or cash (at many) paystations. You may also use the Park Smarter app and Text to Pay options, see the decals on the meters or check with Parking staff for details. The parking fee is $3 per hour from April 1st through October 31st. There are options at the paystation and on the phone app to add time without having to return to the vehicle.

Parking is also available in private parking lots.

Municipal Parking is FREE November 1 until March 31

2026 On-Street Parking Passes Available Now

2026 on-street parking passes are available for purchase. Parking passes are available for motor vehicles, golf carts and motorcycles. The fee for a non-transferable single vehicle decal/sticker is $300.00. The fee for a transferable hang tag is $500.00. Parking passes are available at the George E. Tompkins Municipal Complex, Bldg B, 100 Grant Ave., Seaside Heights, NJ. Regular business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (we close for lunch 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm), except holidays. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted by the cashier. Bounced checks will incur a $30 fee and cancellation of the parking pass(es) that are purchased.

Both types of parking passes allow the owner or operator of the vehicle to park at any metered parking space within the Borough of Seaside Heights, EXCEPT for the municipal parking lot located on Grant Avenue (south side of Breakwater Beach Water Park between Ocean Terrace and the Boulevard); Ocean Terrace; and the street ends adjacent to the Boardwalk.

* Also, Ordinance No. 2025-31 requires that effective April 1, 2026, a driver with a placard or handicap license plate must pay the appropriate amount of money in the kiosk. If the vehicle will occupy the parking space for more than the maximum amount of time permitted by the kiosk, the driver must pay the maximum.

Bayfront Free Parking

FREE PARKING in the Sumner Avenue Lot at the entrance to town. It is adjacent to the merry go round horse monument and is an approximately three block walk to the boardwalk and beach from the lot. (overnight parking is not permitted.)

EMPLOYEES OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS BUSINESSES are encouraged to park in the free parking lot at the Grant Avenue entrance to town.

Disabled Parking

Any individual with a valid handicap placard or plates that parks in a designated public handicap parking space is not required to pay.

If an individual with a valid handicap placard or plates parks in a parking space that is not a designated public handicap parking space, the individual must pay to park. In situations where the individual anticipates parking longer than the maximum time the kiosk allows, the individual must pay the maximum time (e.g., if it’s a 12-hour parking space, pay for 12 hours). The individual can park for up to 24 hours without paying the kiosk again, provided the individual initially paid the maximum time. The vehicle must vacate the space after 24 hours.

A person who is a disabled veteran or a recipient of the Purple Heart is exempt from the payment of municipal parking kiosk charges when a motor vehicle owned by the disabled veteran or the Purple Heart recipient displays disabled veteran’s or Purple Heart license plates or a placard issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission pursuant to the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, unless the vehicle has been parked in one location for more than 24 hours. The exemption provided under this subsection shall apply only when the disabled veteran or recipient of the Purple Heart to whom the special license plates or placards have been issued is either the driver, or a passenger, of the vehicle. Seaside Heights provides several parking spaces near the Boardwalk designated specifically for Purple Heart recipients. However, Purple Heart recipients may park in any metered space in Seaside Heights for up to 24 hours.

Further information for people with disabilities may be found HERE.

Buses - Registration of buses bringing groups to the beach, boardwalk and Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach is required. Details below.

Please be aware that both the permitting process and parking location for buses has changed from prior years (Seaside Heights Borough Code 146-46)

A PERMIT IS REQUIRED for any bus that will be parking in Seaside Heights.

Buses may be PARKED ONLY IN THE MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT AT WEBSTER AVE. AND BAY BLVD.

Bus permits are valid only for the day for which they are issued. A SEPARATE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR EACH DAY A BUS ENTERS SEASIDE HEIGHTS

Obtaining A Permit:

For your convenience, bus parking permits are issued by the Seaside Heights Business Improvement District via an on-line registration process. The registration process is available 24/7 and costs $40 per bus, PER DAY. Before going to the on-line registration process, please be sure to have either your credit card information or, if a government entity, your purchase order information. Purchase orders are accepted from government entities only.

If you require an IRS form W-9 in order to process payment, click here and download a copy. The IRS does not require that W-9s for this type of payment be signed.

If you require a Business Registration Certificate, please click here and download a copy.

Click here for the on-line permit process

The day of your visit (please be sure every bus driver has a copy of this information) download an information sheet for your driver by clicking here
-Display your permit in the right side of the bus windshield when in Seaside Heights. Check to make sure it is visible from street level
-If you have not obtained a permit, be sure to do so before parking

-Follow the passenger drop-off instructions from your destination contact (Casino Pier, Breakwater Beach, specific motel)

-After dropping your passengers off, park your bus in the municipal parking lot between Hamilton and Webster Aves. on Bay Boulevard on the west side of town. Buses cannot be parked anywhere else in town.

Should you need assistance with the process,

For beach and other groups, contact the Business Improvement District weekdays 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 732-830-3700 or email [email protected]

For Casino Pier/Breakwater Beach groups: please visit HERE

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations!

There are electric vehicle charging stations at the municipal parking lot on Grant Avenue.
There are 4 stations serving up to 8 electric vehicles.
Owners of electric vehicles will need to download the ChargePoint app that tells where EV units are installed nationwide. The pricing information is available on the app.
We will be adding additional units at the small lot on Ocean Terrace between Hancock Ave and Sheridan Ave in June next to the public restroom that will be constructed in June.

$1.50 per hour while charging

$2.00 hour after charging is completed