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

Section 100-15L gives the Director of Inspections and Code three independent grounds to act against a Short-Term Rental Registration Certificate: the property has open (unresolved) code violations; the owner has been convicted of violating a state or municipal law prohibiting disturbing the peace or maintaining a nuisance; or the owner is the subject of a substantiated complaint, about that property or any other property the owner holds in Passaic, charging a violation of state or municipal law. Any one of the three is enough on its own; the ordinance doesn't require a strike count or repeat-offense showing before the Director can act.

Due process is built into § 100-15M: any denial, suspension, or revocation must be preceded by written notice stating the grounds, served on both the owner and the responsible party, and the owner has 10 days from service to request an administrative hearing before the Director or the Director's designee. The Director then has to issue a written decision within 10 days of that hearing. None of this limits the City's separate authority to issue summonses or take emergency action where a condition poses an imminent threat to health or safety, that enforcement path stays open regardless of where a certificate proceeding stands.