Yes, with strings attached. Bradley Beach permits accessory dwelling units, but requires two additional off-street parking spaces and imposes strict occupancy rules — a high bar on the borough's compact shore lots.
Bradley Beach permits accessory dwelling units, which puts it ahead of most of the Jersey Shore — but the ordinance's conditions do real work. The headline requirement is parking: two additional off-street spaces per ADU, on lots that in much of the borough run narrow and shallow. Add strict occupancy rules, and the practical question in Bradley Beach is rarely 'are ADUs allowed' — it's 'can my lot absorb two more parking spaces and still fit a unit.'
Some lots can: corner lots, deeper parcels, and properties with existing wide driveways often work. Many can't. This is a geometry problem before it's a zoning problem, and it's resolvable from a survey and the ordinance text — which is exactly what the Feasibility Study does, before you spend a dollar on design.
Parking, mostly. The ordinance requires two additional off-street parking spaces for an ADU — double what most NJ towns require — on lots that are often 50 feet wide or less. Whether your lot can legally fit those spaces plus the unit is the make-or-break question, and it's answerable from your survey and the ordinance standards.
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Source: Borough zoning code, accessory dwelling provisions
Town rules tell you ADUs are allowed somewhere in Bradley Beach. Whether your specific lot works depends on your zone, your setbacks, and your existing coverage. Send us your address and we'll check it, free, no obligation.
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