Bayonne, NJ Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Under City Code § 33-20.6.i, added by Ord. No. O-24-12 and amended by Ord. No. O-24-37, the Director of the Department of Planning, Zoning, and Development (or designee) or the Business Administrator (or designee) must revoke a short-term rental permit once the STRP is the subject of three or more substantiated complaints. Once revoked on that basis, the property cannot be the subject of a new STRP permit application for one year from the revocation date. The ordinance does not require three strikes in every case: the same officials retain discretion to revoke after a single substantiated complaint if they determine, in their sole discretion, that the interests of the City and its residents justify immediate revocation.

Separately, an STRP tied to a civil or criminal complaint or code violation involving a dangerous condition can have its permit suspended pending substantiation. Revocation or suspension notices must state the reasons in writing within 30 days under § 33-20.6.j.1, and the owner has 30 calendar days to appeal in writing to the Office of the Business Administrator and the Department of Planning, Zoning, and Development, which then decides the appeal within another 30 calendar days.