The county has no general host-presence mandate for all short-term rentals, but its Bed and Breakfast conditions require the owner to reside in the structure. That owner-occupancy condition is the county's closest equivalent to a host-presence rule for residential lodging.
There is no ordinance requiring a manager or host to be physically present during every guest stay across all short-term rentals. However, the residential Bed and Breakfast use under Section 6:2(4) requires the owner to reside in the structure, so the host is expected to live on the property. Operators must also maintain a guest register listing names, license-plate numbers, home addresses and phone numbers, available for law-enforcement inspection, which reinforces on-site management. Commercial Hotel/Motel operations follow lodging-industry staffing norms rather than an owner-presence rule.
Absentee operation of a residential B&B, or failing to keep the required guest register, breaches the zoning conditions and can trigger enforcement or revocation of the Board of Zoning Appeals approval.
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