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

Section 228-3.A(2) screens every STR applicant for noise history before a permit issues: the applicant must have no violations of the City of East Orange's Noise Pollution Ordinance, located Chapter 184 of this Code, within the last two years, and the ordinance defines a qualifying violation as one documented in the East Orange Municipal Court. Once a permit is issued, § 228-6.D shifts the obligation to the guests themselves: transient occupants must comply with all city ordinances, including, but not limited to, those ordinances regulating noise and nuisance conduct, and a failure to do so exposes the occupant, the owner, the responsible party, and the STR agent alike to fines and to revocation or suspension of the permit.

Section 228-6.H layers on an operational duty: while the unit is rented, the owner, agent, or responsible party must be reachable 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and must respond within two hours to nuisance complaints from East Orange's Department of Public Safety or from neighbors. If the city receives three or more substantiated noise or nuisance complaints against a property, § 228-6.I directs the Short-Term Rental Subdivision's Director to revoke the permit outright, and bars a new application for one year; a single serious complaint can trigger discretionary revocation, and the Director or City Administrator may suspend a permit immediately if a complaint escalates into a civil or criminal matter.