Trenton, NJ Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)

Under Trenton City Code § 228-11.B, the City designee handling short-term rental complaints must investigate 'within 30 days after receipt of a complaint' and determine whether a violation may exist; complaints that fall under another agency's jurisdiction get referred out rather than investigated locally. If the designee finds a potential violation, notice goes to the owner under § 228-11.C, served personally or by registered mail per § 228-11.D.

The owner then controls the next deadline: § 228-11.E gives them 14 days from service of the notice to file a written petition requesting a hearing, and once that petition is filed, the City must schedule the hearing no less than 14 days after receiving it. Filing the petition also pauses the compliance deadline, since 'the time period in which violations must be remedied shall be stayed... until such time as the hearing is held and the designee has issued a decision.' After the hearing wraps up, § 228-11.F gives the designee 7 days to sustain, modify, or withdraw the notice of violation in writing. If no hearing is requested within the 14-day window, or if the violation is sustained, § 228-11.G converts each day of continued noncompliance into a separate violation, which is where the per-day fines in § 228-12 start accruing.