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

Section 182-10 of the East Brunswick Township Code, renumbered from former § 182-8 by Ord. No. 25-34 on 10-13-2025, says a violation of any provision of Chapter 182 can subject the owner of the short-term rental property, transient occupants, the rental agent and the responsible party or their agents to fines assessed by the Court. The first offense is $250 per day for each day in violation. A second offense is $1,000 per day for each day in violation and a mandatory court appearance. Every subsequent offense is $2,000 per day for each day in violation and a mandatory court appearance. The fines are per day, so a continuing violation is charged day by day, and § 182-3(E) separately treats each night above the 90-night annual limit as a separate violation.

The permit carries its own strikes. Under § 182-7(I), if the property is the subject of two or more substantiated civil or criminal complaints, the Business Administrator or a designee can revoke the permit, and the property cannot submit a new application for one year following the date of revocation. Section 182-7(L) lets the Business Administrator revoke after three substantiated complaints about excessive vehicles. Section 182-3(G) and § 182-7(E) add that a transient occupant's failure to follow Township ordinances exposes the permit to revocation or suspension.

A revocation or suspension has lasting effects. Section 182-4(E) requires a new application and first-time registration fee for any rental whose permit was revoked or suspended. Section 182-5(D) requires a sworn statement that there are no prior revocations or suspensions of this or a similar license, and if there are, a permit is not issued, a denial that can be appealed in writing within 10 business days to the Business Administrator. Section 182-7(N) requires that all Municipal Court fines for past code violations relating to the property, including penalties for failure to appear, be satisfied in full before a permit issues. Operating or advertising without a permit leads to a summons under § 182-7(J), and a tenant who sub-leases is exposed to the same summons and fines under § 182-7(K).