Brockton's published Code of Ordinances (Appendix C, Zoning) does not set a numeric per-bedroom occupancy cap specifically for short-term rentals. Operators are bound by the State Sanitary Code (105 CMR 410), 780 CMR (Massachusetts Building Code) sleeping-room standards, and any maximum occupancy declared on the operator's MA Department of Revenue STR registration filed under MGL c.64G.
Brockton has no separately codified short-term rental ordinance setting a per-bedroom occupancy formula. STR operators in Brockton are subject to two layers of state regulation. First, MGL c.64G (as amended by Chapter 337 of the Acts of 2018) requires every operator of a property rented for 31 days or fewer to obtain a Certificate of Registration through the Massachusetts Department of Revenue STR Registry under MGL c.62C, §67. The application asks the operator to declare the unit's bedroom count and the maximum number of overnight guests, which then becomes the legally enforceable occupancy ceiling for that listing. Second, 105 CMR 410 (the State Sanitary Code, Chapter II - Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation) sets minimum sleeping-room floor areas: 70 square feet for one occupant and 50 square feet per additional occupant in any habitable room used for sleeping. 780 CMR (the Massachusetts State Building Code, based on the IBC/IRC) defines bedrooms by minimum dimensions and emergency-egress windows. Brockton's Inspectional Services Department applies these state standards through housing-code inspections and the lodging-house licensing process, and may require a smoke-detector and carbon-monoxide certificate of compliance under MGL c.148, §§26F and 26F1/2 before transfer or rental. Operators renting more than three sleeping rooms to four or more unrelated lodgers may also fall under the lodging-house statute (MGL c.140, §§22-32) and require a separate City of Brockton lodging-house license.
Exceeding the maximum occupancy declared on the DOR STR registration, or violating 105 CMR 410 sleeping-room standards, can result in DOR registration revocation, City of Brockton housing-code citations, and orders to vacate issued by the Inspectional Services Department. Operators who run an unregistered STR are subject to MGL c.62C, §67 penalties and platform delisting. Where four or more unrelated lodgers occupy the unit without a lodging-house license, additional MGL c.140 penalties apply.
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