No New Jersey statute caps short-term rental occupancy. Limits come from each Somerset County municipality's STR ordinance, tied to bedroom count, and from septic capacity on properties off municipal sewer.
Occupancy caps for rentals in Somerset County are set town by town, not by county or a single statute. Municipalities that register STRs, including Montgomery, Bernards, and Bedminster, cap guests by bedroom count in the local permit, commonly two per bedroom plus a fixed allowance. The harder limit is the septic system: rural properties in Montgomery, Bedminster, and Branchburg off municipal sewer run on systems sized for a set number of bedrooms under state environmental rules, and overloading them violates the code enforced by the municipal health department. Sewered areas rely on the town ordinance alone.
Exceeding a town occupancy cap risks the STR registration. Overloading a septic system triggers a municipal health department order and possible fines.
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