Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Section 80-7 of the Monroe Township Code is the enforcement section for Chapter 80, Short-Term Rentals, adopted 11-4-2020 by Ord. No. O-10-2020-020. It contains four subsections and none of them creates a warning step, a numbered strike, a probation period or a license suspension. The chapter issues no short-term rental license, so there is nothing to suspend. Repeat exposure builds through counting rules instead.

Subsection A names who can enforce: the Construction Code Official, Fire Official, Health Department or Code Enforcement Officer. Four separate offices can open a case, and each can act on its own inspection findings.

Subsection B sets the penalty ceiling. Every person convicted of a violation of a provision of the chapter is subject to the maximum fines and penalties established by N.J.S.A. 40:69A-29, and subsequent amendments. The Township Code does not print a dollar figure for Chapter 80 in that subsection, so the amount follows the state statute it cites.

Subsection C is the repeat-violation engine: each and every day a violation of the chapter persists constitutes a separate violation. A host who keeps a dwelling unit or residential property in use for stays of less than 30 consecutive days under § 80-3(A), or keeps an advertisement live under § 80-6, accumulates a new violation for every day it continues.

Subsection D stacks offenses across chapters. To the extent the conduct prohibited under the article also violates other provisions of the Township Code, those violations constitute separate offenses subject to additional fines and penalties as prescribed. A rental that also breaches a housing, fire or zoning provision therefore draws a second charge instead of a merged one.