Edison has not codified an STR-specific maximum-guest cap. Occupancy of a short-term rental is governed by the property-maintenance and bedroom-area standards in Code Chapter 17 (Housing), which adopts the New Jersey Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law and the State Housing Code at N.J.A.C. 5:10. Under that framework a sleeping room generally must provide at least 70 square feet for one occupant and at least 50 additional square feet for each additional occupant; the Edison Division of Health verifies these area calculations at the Rental Re-Occupancy Inspection before issuing the Rental Certificate of Approval.
Edison applies the same occupancy math to a short-term rental that it applies to any other dwelling subject to Chapter 17. Chapter 17 incorporates the New Jersey State Housing Code, codified at N.J.A.C. 5:10-1 et seq., which sets the substantive minimum-area-per-occupant standards: every dwelling unit must contain at least 150 square feet of floor area for the first occupant plus an additional 100 square feet for each additional occupant; every sleeping room occupied by one person must contain at least 70 square feet, and every sleeping room occupied by more than one person must contain at least 50 square feet per occupant. The Township's Rental Re-Occupancy Inspection program, administered by the Edison Division of Health, verifies both the room-area math and the broader habitability standards (heat, water, electrical, smoke and CO alarms, lead-paint disclosures for pre-1978 dwellings) before issuing the Rental Certificate of Approval that authorizes occupancy. There is no flat STR headcount cap codified (no '10 person maximum' or '2 per bedroom plus 2' rule) - the cap is whatever the bedroom-area math under the State Housing Code yields at the specific address. Zoning use of the dwelling under Chapter 37 may impose an additional ceiling if the operation is reclassified as 'rooming house' or 'boarding house' rather than 'one-family dwelling.' Operators marketing a maximum-guest figure on Airbnb or Vrbo should compute the figure from the per-room square footage at the address and verify it with the Division of Health before listing.
Overcrowding is enforced by the Edison Division of Health under Chapter 17 and the State Housing Code; an inspector observing more occupants than the room-area tables permit may refuse to issue or renew the Rental Certificate of Approval, cite the operator under Chapter 17 (first-offense fine $200, second-offense $500, Chapter 1 Β§1-5 maximum thereafter), and refer the matter to Edison Municipal Court. Operating a rental without a current Rental Certificate of Approval is an independent violation. Reclassification of the operation as a rooming house or boarding house under Chapter 37 (Zoning) - which can be triggered by stranger-tenant occupancy patterns - exposes the operator to the more restrictive zoning standards for those use classes and may force discontinuance in single-family districts where those uses are not permitted.
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