Short-Term Rentals in Newark, NJ (2026)

Newark Revised General Ordinances § 18:14-3a, c, d

In addition to any land use requirement(s) set forth in the City of Newark Land Use Regulations, the owner/operator of a short-term rental property shall obtain a short-term rental permit from the City of Newark Department of Engineering, before renting or advertising for rent any short-term rental. ... An owner of property, intended to serve as a short-term rental property... shall submit... a...

Newark Revised General Ordinances § 18:14-6d

Transient occupants of the STRP shall comply with all ordinances of the City of Newark including, but not limited to those ordinances regulating noise and nuisance conduct. Failure of transient occupants to comply shall subject the transient occupants, the owner of the STRP, the Responsible Party and the Short-Term Rental Agent listed in the short-term rental permit application, to the issuance...

City of Newark Code § 18:14-3(c)

An owner of property, intended to serve as a short-term rental property, as defined herein, or any agent acting on behalf of the owner, shall submit to the City of Newark Department of Engineering, a short-term rental permit application provided by the City, along with an annual application/registration fee of $250. Said fee shall be non-refundable, including in the event that the application i...

Newark Revised General Ordinances § 18:14-4a(8)-(9)

The number and location of all parking spaces available to the premises, which shall include the number of legal off-street parking spaces and on-street parking spaces directly adjacent to the premises... The owner's agreement that all renters of the short-term rental property shall be limited to one vehicle per two occupants in the short-term rental property.

Newark Revised General Ordinances § 18:14-2b(5), c(5)

No more than two rooms within a single-family residential dwelling unit, where the rooms share a common kitchen and bathroom facilities with the occupant of the dwelling unit, and the remainder of the single-family dwelling unit is occupied by the owner and is identified by the owner as his or her principal residence, as that term is defined herein. ... Three or more individual rooms within a s...

Newark Revised General Ordinances § 18:14-4f

Attached to and concurrent with submission of the permit application described in this section, the owner shall provide: 1. Proof of the owner's current ownership of the short-term rental unit; 2. Proof of general liability insurance in a minimum amount of $500,000; and 3. Written certifications from the short-term rental property agent and responsible party that they agree to perform all of th...

Newark Housing Code § 18:14-2b, c, Regulations Pertaining to Short-Term Rentals

Short-term rentals shall be permitted to be conducted in the following classifications of property in the City of Newark: 1. Condominium units, where the Condominium Association Bylaws or Master Deed permit a short-term rental, and where the owner of the unit legally identifies the address as his or her principal residence; and 2. Individually or collectively owned single-family residences, whi...

Newark Revised General Ordinances § 18:14-6h

If the STRP is the subject of two or more substantiated civil and/or criminal complaints, the Business Administrator or his designee may revoke the short-term rental permit issued for the property, in which case, the STRP may not be the subject of a new STRP permit application for one year following the date of revocation of the permit.

Newark Revised General Ordinances § 18:14-7a, c(1)

It shall be unlawful for a booking service to charge, collect or receive a fee from a person in connection with a short-term rental property unless such booking service has used the verification system maintained by the City to: 1. Verify that the dwelling unit or housing accommodation that is the subject of such short-term rental is associated with the short-term rental registration number sub...