Lehigh County requires no on-site host. Allentown mandates on-site presence only for specific uses: a Bed and Breakfast owner/operator must live on-site, and ADU lots require a record owner to occupy a unit. Ordinary STRs typically need a reachable local contact.
The county sets no host-presence rule. In Allentown, whether someone must be on-site depends on the use. A Bed and Breakfast Inn requires the primary owner/operator to live on-site, and any lot with an accessory dwelling unit must have at least one unit occupied by a record owner as a permanent residence. For ordinary short-term rentals, the zoning ordinance does not require the host to sleep on-site, but the city's rental licensing program expects a responsible local contact who can respond to problems, and good practice is to provide guests a 24/7 phone number. Requirements differ across Lehigh County's boroughs and townships, so verify locally before assuming remote, un-hosted operation is allowed.
Operating a Bed and Breakfast or ADU without the required resident owner is a zoning violation; unreachable hosts risk nuisance enforcement and license issues.
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