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

Trenton City Code § 228-14.C ties short-term rental premises directly to the City's general noise ordinance: 'Per § 167-1 (Prohibited noises) of the City Code, it shall be unlawful for any short-term rental premises to make any unnecessary noises or sounds by means of the human voice, or by any other means or methods which are physically annoying to persons, or which are so harsh or so prolonged or unnatural, or unusual in their use, time and place as to occasion physical discomfort, or which are injurious to the lives, health, peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the City, or any number thereof.'

Unlike a numeric decibel limit or a fixed quiet-hours window, this standard turns on effect: whether the noise is physically annoying, unusually harsh or prolonged for its time and place, or injurious to neighbors' peace and comfort, which gives Trenton officials broad discretion to cite a loud short-term rental party regardless of the hour. A sustained noise complaint against a unit also counts toward the three-strike ineligibility rule in § 228-3.A(4), which disqualifies a unit from short-term rental use once it accumulates three violations of any ordinance covering excessive noise within a six-month period, on top of whatever penalty attaches directly under Chapter 167.