Scranton, PA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

C sets out Scranton's enforcement backstop for problem short-term rentals, and it is stricter than a three-strikes model: one conviction ends the use. The text ties the consequence to a guest's criminal conviction for a disturbance of the peace occurring on the rental premises, not merely a complaint or a citation; once that conviction happens, the owner of the dwelling is barred from continuing to use it as a short-term rental going forward. B that all short-term rental activity comply with the City's noise, nuisance and property maintenance ordinances, so a disturbance-of-the-peace conviction is the sharpest consequence in a section that otherwise polices short-term rentals through the ordinary nuisance and noise machinery.

C functions as a loss of the zoning use itself: continued short-term rental operation after a qualifying conviction is treated as operating outside what the zoning code permits for that property, exposing the owner to the chapter's general enforcement and penalty provisions in § 445-77.