Bayonne, NJ Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Bayonne's short-term rental ordinance builds noise compliance into both the permitting process and ongoing operations. At the application stage, § 33-20.3.a.2 requires that, for existing short-term rentals, the applicant must have no violations of any noise violation laws the City of Bayonne has within the last two years, and specifies that a noise violation means one documented by the Bayonne Municipal Court. An applicant with a documented noise violation in that two-year lookback cannot obtain or renew an STR permit until the record clears. Once a rental is operating, § 33-20.6.d extends the obligation to guests: transient occupants of the STRP shall comply with all ordinances of the City of Bayonne, including but not limited to those ordinances regulating noise and nuisance conduct.

Critically, the code does not limit liability to the guest who breaks the rule. The same subsection makes clear that a transient occupant's failure to comply shall subject the transient occupants, the owner of the STRP, the responsible party, and the short-term rental agent listed in the short-term rental permit application, to the issuance of fines and/or penalties, and the possibility of the revocation or suspension of the STRP permit. Under § 33-20.6.i, three or more substantiated complaints, which can include noise complaints, trigger mandatory revocation of the STR permit, with a one-year bar on reapplying for that property.