Short-term rental guests follow the same city or town noise bylaw as residents, authorized by MGL c.40 §21(22). Northampton and Amherst attach noise conditions to local registration and can pull a host's permit for repeat complaints near the Five Colleges.
No STR-specific county noise rule exists in Hampshire County. Guests answer to the host community's noise bylaw under MGL c.40 §21(22) and to disturbing-the-peace law, MGL c.272 §53. Northampton and Amherst, where student demand fuels the rental market, write quiet-hour and no-party conditions into local registration, so a noisy rental risks losing its permit, not just a fine. Amherst's nuisance-property enforcement targets repeat-offense rentals directly. Hosts name a local contact who must respond to complaints; police handle the disturbance itself.
Guest noise draws a bylaw fine up to $300 under MGL c.40 §21 and disturbing-the-peace charges under MGL c.272 §53. Repeat complaints can cost the host the local STR permit.
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