Rental guests follow the same state noise code as residents, N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2, capping overnight sound at 50 dBA at a property line, plus each town's ordinance. Towns that register STRs can revoke a host's permit for repeat noise.
No STR-specific county noise rule exists in Somerset County. Guests answer to the state noise code, N.J.A.C. 7:29, limiting sound at a residential property line to 65 dBA by day and 50 dBA after 10 p.m., and to disorderly conduct law N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2. Towns that register rentals, such as Montgomery, Bernards, and Bedminster, write quiet-hour and no-party conditions into the local permit, so a noisy rental risks losing its registration, not just a fine. Hosts name a local contact who must answer complaints. Police handle the disturbance itself.
Guest noise draws a municipal ordinance fine and possible disorderly conduct charge under N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2. In towns that register STRs, repeat complaints can cost the host the local permit.
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