Jackson, NJ Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

Section 350-4 of the Jackson Township Code creates a narrow exception to the Chapter 350 short-term rental ban for a single-room home share. Renting out multiple rooms within a dwelling, to one tenant or several, stays flatly prohibited under § 350-4.A. A single room may be leased only if the dwelling has been inspected and issued a rental certificate of occupancy under Chapter 234, the landlord has filed the registration required by N.J.S.A. 46:8-28 and § 245-1 of the Township Code, and the dwelling complies with all applicable health, safety, construction, zoning and fire codes, per § 350-4.B(1) through (3).

The dwelling must have at least two bedrooms, and the added tenant cannot push the unit past its occupancy limits, per § 350-4.B(4) and (5). The owner must maintain and prove adequate insurance and must occupy the dwelling year-round, and the tenancy must run at least one month with only one tenant at a time, per § 350-4.B(6) through (8). The tenant gets unrestricted access to common areas, including kitchens, basements, garages, laundry, patios, pools and living and dining areas, and bedroom doors may carry privacy locks but never key locks, per § 350-4.B(9) and (10).

The property must also provide one on-premises parking space for the tenant's vehicle under § 350-4.B(11). Violations of these conditions fall under the same § 350-9 penalty scheme as the rest of Chapter 350, tied to the maximum fines set by N.J.S.A. 40:49-5 and 40:69A-29.