Teaneck regulates short-term rentals under Township Code Chapter 23 (Lodging Places Other Than Hotels/Motels), as adopted by Ordinance No. 31-2023 on September 5, 2023, which requires every short-term rental to be licensed by the Township Health Officer with a non-refundable application/registration fee of $500 plus inspection fees set in Appendix III of Chapter 2. On top of any local fee, a Teaneck STR is subject to the New Jersey 5% State Occupancy Fee (N.J.S.A. 54:32D-1), the 6.625% State Sales Tax on transient accommodations (N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3), and the Township's 3% Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax under Chapter 15A (Ord. 3778; amended by Ord. 31-2023).
Chapter 23 of the Teaneck Township Code, originally adopted to curb boarding-house use of single-family dwellings, was amended by Ordinance No. 31-2023 on September 5, 2023 to expressly authorize and regulate short-term rentals. Section 23-1 requires that no person operate a short-term rental in Teaneck without first obtaining a license from the Township Health Officer; the application is submitted with a non-refundable application/registration fee of $500, and inspection and re-inspection fees are charged separately according to the schedule in Appendix III of Chapter 2 of the Township Code. The license must be renewed and the property remains subject to inspection. Beyond the local license, every transient stay of fewer than 90 consecutive days is a 'transient accommodation' under N.J.S.A. 54:32D and the New Jersey Sales and Use Tax Act, so a Teaneck host must collect and remit (1) the 5% State Occupancy Fee under N.J.S.A. 54:32D-1, (2) the 6.625% New Jersey Sales Tax on transient accommodations under N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3 and the Division of Taxation's transient-accommodations rules in Technical Bulletin TB-81R, and (3) the 3% Teaneck Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax imposed by Township Code Chapter 15A (originally enacted by Ordinance 3778 on September 9, 2003 and amended by Ordinance 21-2022 and Ordinance 31-2023 to confirm coverage of transient accommodations). Bookings made exclusively through a transient-space marketplace such as Airbnb or Vrbo, where the platform collects state-administered taxes, do not relieve the operator of the local license obligation under Chapter 23 or of the local 3% occupancy tax remittance to Teaneck. Stays of 90 consecutive days or more to the same occupant fall outside the transient framework and are not subject to the State Occupancy Fee or sales tax on transient accommodations, but they are still residential rental uses governed by the Township's separate landlord registration and rental property rules.
Section 23-3 authorizes violations and penalties under the Township Code's general penalty framework, which permits fines up to $2,000 per offense, up to 90 days in jail, and up to 90 days of community service for each violation, with each day of continued operation constituting a separate offense. License suspension or revocation by the Health Officer is also available, and continued operation after revocation can be enjoined as an unlawful use. Failure to collect or remit the 5% State Occupancy Fee, the 6.625% State Sales Tax, or the 3% Teaneck Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax exposes the operator to back taxes, interest, and penalties enforced by the New Jersey Division of Taxation under N.J.S.A. 54:32B and 54:32D and by the Township under Chapter 15A.
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