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

Chapter 317's short-term rental conditional-use standards, added by Ordinance No. 2510-26 (effective February 17, 2026), restrict eligible dwellings to a single-family home, townhouse, or condominium, apartments in larger multi-family buildings do not qualify. § 317-16H(10) then narrows the field to only two permitted models: 'hosted partial-home short-term rentals,' defined at § 100-1 as a unit where a homeowner rents a portion of their home, such as a spare bedroom or accessory dwelling unit, and shares the property with the short-term renters, and 'unhosted owner-occupied short-term rentals,' where the owner rents the whole home while away, such as on vacation.

A tenant may never apply for or sublease under a short-term rental certificate, only the owner may hold one, and no owner or entity may hold more than one Short-Term Rental Registration Certificate citywide (§ 317-16H(4), (6)). The unit cannot be located in a cellar, and condo, co-op, or HOA units must show the association's governing documents actually permit short-term rentals before an application will be considered. Every qualifying rental still needs the Chapter 100 Short-Term Rental Registration Certificate before it can be advertised or occupied.