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

Section 182-7(E) of the East Brunswick Township Code makes transient occupants of a short-term rental property subject to all Township ordinances, including those regulating noise and nuisance conduct. If they fail to comply, the occupants, the owner, the responsible party and the short-term rental agent listed in the permit application face fines and penalties and the possibility of revocation or suspension of the permit. Section 182-3(G) says the same thing, so the Township Council wrote the rule into both the regulations and operational sections of Chapter 182. A party is not treated as a separate offense: the existing noise and nuisance ordinances do the work, and Chapter 182 spreads the liability to everyone tied to the rental.

Section 182-7(H) sets the response standard. While the rental is occupied, the owner, the agent or the responsible party must be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week to respond within two hours to complaints about the condition or maintenance of the premises, the operation of the rental, the conduct of guests, or nuisance complaints from the Department of Public Safety or neighbors. Under § 182-7(G), if the owner is unreachable or unresponsive, the responsible party and the agent must take whatever action is required to resolve the complaint and are authorized by the owner to do so. Section 182-5(A)(10) has the owner agree to use best efforts to assure that guests do not disrupt the neighborhood or interfere with neighbors' quiet enjoyment.

Noise history also decides who gets a permit. Under § 182-4(A)(1) and (2), an existing rental applying for a permit cannot have had more than two documented and verified instances of East Brunswick Police being called about any type of complaint in the last two years, and cannot have a Noise Ordinance violation documented by the Municipal Court in the last two years. Section 182-5(I) bars renting to anyone younger than 21 and requires the primary occupant to be over 21. Section 182-7(F) requires the posted notice that guests, agents and owners can be cited or fined, and § 182-9 limits sleeping occupancy to the posted maximum.