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

Chapter 433 of the Bloomfield Township Code, adopted by the Township Council, builds a strike system into the operating rules in § 433-6, amended 8-14-2023 by Ord. No. 23-40. Under § 433-6H, if the short-term rental property is the subject of two or more substantiated civil and/or criminal complaints, the Township Administrator or his designee can revoke the permit. After revocation, the property cannot be the subject of a new permit application for one year following the date of revocation.

A second, narrower strike track covers vehicles. Section 433-6K provides that when the Township receives three substantiated complaints concerning excessive vehicles belonging to the transient occupants, the permit is subject to revocation by the Business Administrator or his designee.

History also screens new and renewing applicants. For existing short-term rentals, § 433-3A(1) requires that the applicant not have had more than two documented and verified instances in the last two years where the Bloomfield Police Department was called to address complaints of any type attributable to the rental, and § 433-3A(2) requires no Municipal Court Noise Ordinance violations in the last two years. Section 433-4D requires a sworn statement of no prior revocations or suspensions, and a license shall not be issued where there has been one, with the denial appealable.

Restarting is expensive and slow. Section 433-3G requires a new application and a first-time registration fee for any rental whose permit was revoked or suspended, and the permit is also non-transferable under § 433-3B. A denied applicant has 10 business days to appeal in writing to the Township Administrator, who decides within 30 days under § 433-5. Fines under § 433-7 can accumulate separately from the permit consequences.