11 local rules on file · Pop. 9,854 · Essex County
Showing ordinances that apply to Brookdale, NJ
Brookdale is an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 9,854 in Essex County, New Jersey. Because Brookdale is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal government or city code. Instead, Essex County ordinances apply directly to residential and commercial properties here. The rules below are the county-level regulations that govern your area. Nearby incorporated cities in Essex County may have different rules.
Essex County, NJ does not license short-term rentals. New Jersey requires hosts using a marketplace (Airbnb, Vrbo) or professionally managed units to collect 6.625% State Sales Tax and the State Occupancy Fee under P.L. 2018 c. 49 (effective Oct. 1, 2018, amended by P.L. 2019 c. 235). Newark, in Essex County, charges a reduced 1% State Occupancy Fee plus its own local hotel tax. Each municipality sets its own STR permit rules.
Essex County imposes no county-level STR tax or fee. New Jersey applies a 6.625% Sales Tax (NJSA 54:32B-3) and a 5% State Occupancy Fee (NJSA 54:32D-1) on transient accommodations booked through a marketplace or professionally managed. Municipalities may add a local hotel/occupancy tax up to 3% (NJSA 40:48E).
These unincorporated areas are also governed by Essex County ordinances.
Essex County sets no STR occupancy limit. New Jersey has no statewide STR cap; municipalities set occupancy. The NJ Uniform Construction Code (NJAC 5:23) adopts the IRC/IBC, which generally requires 70 sq ft for the first occupant and 50 sq ft for each additional in a sleeping room. Newark, Bloomfield, and other Essex municipalities set their own caps.