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

Section 255-2(B)(6) lists this as one of the six classifications of property where short-term rentals are lawfully permitted in Jersey City. It allows 'no more than three rooms within a single-family residential dwelling unit operating as a bed and breakfast as defined in this chapter,' provided the remainder of that single-family unit is owner-occupied and identified by the owner as his or her principal residence under the § 255-1 definition, and provided no individual room is occupied by more than two adults and their minor children at any time.

Because this classification is owner-occupied by definition, it falls outside the separate 60-night annual cap and four-unit building ban that § 255-2(E) and (F) impose specifically on non-owner-occupied ('not present') rentals: the owner living on site throughout the rental is what qualifies the arrangement for this extended, higher-volume home-share format in the first place. Like every other STR classification, a bed-and-breakfast operator must still obtain the § 255-3 permit from the Division of Housing Preservation, pass the fire safety and Property Maintenance Code inspection required under § 255-4, and comply with the operational duties in § 255-6, including posting emergency contact information in the unit and limiting each dwelling to three concurrent short-term rental contracts.