6 rules for unincorporated Gloucester County, New Jersey.
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New Jersey requires no statewide short-term rental permit. Registration is set by each Gloucester County municipality under the Municipal Land Use Law. Glassboro registers rental housing and requires a local agent residing in Gloucester County.
Rental guests follow the same state noise code as residents, N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2, capping overnight sound at 50 dBA at a property line, plus each town's ordinance. Towns that register rentals can revoke a host's certificate for repeat noise.
N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2
A person is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense, if with purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof he (1) Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior; or (2) Creates a hazardous or physically dangerous condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor.
Short-term rentals under 90 days owe New Jersey's 6.625% sales tax and a municipal occupancy tax of up to 3% under N.J.S.A. 40:48F-1. Deptford, Glassboro, and other Gloucester towns can levy the local tax.
N.J.S.A. 40:48F-1
adopt an ordinance imposing a tax, at a uniform percentage rate not to exceed 1% on charges of rent for every occupancy on or after July 1, 2003 but before July 1, 2004, and not to exceed 3% on charges of rent for every occupancy on or after July 1, 2004, of a room or rooms in a hotel or transient accommodation.
No New Jersey statute sets short-term rental parking. Rules come from each Gloucester County municipality's zoning and rental ordinance. Deptford, Glassboro, and Monroe Township apply off-street and residential parking limits to rentals.
No New Jersey statute caps short-term rental occupancy. Limits come from each Gloucester County municipality's rental ordinance, tied to bedroom count, and from septic capacity on properties off municipal sewer.
New Jersey sets no statewide short-term rental insurance mandate. Requirements come from each Gloucester County municipality's rental ordinance. Towns that register rentals can require proof of liability coverage.
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