Millcreek, PA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Section 70-105(J) of the Millcreek Township Code bars limited lodging occupants and guests from engaging in disorderly conduct or disturbing the peace and quiet of any nearby neighborhood or person by loud, unusual or excessive noise, by tumultuous or offensive conduct, public indecency, threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting, or creating a dangerous or physically offensive condition. The standard is conduct-based. The Part prints no decibel limit or quiet hours for rentals.

Related rules in § 70-105 round out the party limits. Fireworks and floating lanterns are prohibited (§ 70-105(M)). Outdoor overnight sleeping by occupants or guests is prohibited (§ 70-105(K)). Overnight occupancy is capped at two persons per bedroom, with day guests limited to 75% of the maximum overnight occupancy (§ 70-105(D) and (H)). The premises cannot have an outside appearance indicating a change of use from the surrounding residential uses (§ 70-105(L)), and § 70-108 bans marketing that promotes any activity prohibited by the Part or by Township, state or federal law.

The unit must carry a notice posted on or adjacent to the inside of the front door. It names the owner or the managing agency, agent or local contact authorized to accept service, with a telephone number reachable on a twenty-four-hour basis, and warns occupants that they can be cited and fined for creating a disturbance. Owners living more than 30 miles away must name a person in charge who lives or has an office within 30 miles and can act as legal agent for the owner. The owner must also place a physical copy of the Part in a conspicuous location in the unit (§ 70-105(B)).

Enforcement runs through the Millcreek Township Department of Code Enforcement and the Millcreek Township Police Department (§ 70-109(A)(2)). A citation is served on the violator and filed in Magisterial District Court, although a warning can be issued instead. Under § 70-100(B), a renting occupant's failure to comply is deemed noncompliance by the owner, who can face the penalties and permit consequences in § 70-104.