Scranton, PA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Section 445-30 sets four standing conditions on every short-term rental in the City. Subsection A ties the use to owner-occupancy: the dwelling must be the owner's permanent address, and the owner has to occupy it for at least six months of the calendar year, which rules out a short-term rental operated as a pure investment property with no owner living on site. Subsection B folds in the City's other regulatory chapters by reference, making short-term rental activity subject to enforcement of any noise, nuisance, and property maintenance ordinance already on the books, including the quality-of-life violations in Chapter 360 and the noise-disturbance rules in Chapter 317.

Subsection C adds a use-ending penalty: if a house guest is convicted of a disturbance of the peace on the premises, the owner loses the right to continue using the dwelling as a short-term rental at all, not just a fine for that stay. Subsection D caps every stay at seven continuous days, which distinguishes a short-term rental from a rooming house or extended-stay tenancy under Chapter 375. ZZ layers on one more requirement in that special-exception review: one off-street parking space for every bedroom offered for rental, beyond whatever parking the dwelling otherwise needs.