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Short-term rental rules in Asbury Park, NJ
How Asbury Park regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- STRs permitted only in five owner-principal-residence classifications
- Primary-residence proof required (NJ license, Federal 1040, bank statement)
- Whole-home / absentee investment STR not permitted (except legacy 2017 Summer Rental C.O. properties)
- STR Permit + Certificate of Inspection, zoning compliance, $500k liability insurance
- 30-days-or-less use capped at 180 cumulative days/year
Based on: City Code §13-1300.4(b) (Short-Term Rentals), Ordinance No. 2024-14, adopted 2024 (rev. 6/2024)
Summary of the rule
Pursuant to 13-1300.4(b) short-term rentals shall be permitted to be conducted in the following classifications of property in the City of Asbury Park: 1 - Condominium units ... where the owner of the unit legally identifies the address as his or her principal residence; 2 - single-family residences, which one of the owners legally identifies as the address of his or her principal residence; 3 - Up to two separate units within a two-family residential dwelling, where one other unit ... is occupied by the owner ... as his or her principal residence; 4 - Not more than two separate units in any multifamily dwelling, where one other unit ... is occupied by the owner ... as his or her principal residence; 5 - Not more than two bedrooms within a single-family residential dwelling unit ... and the remainder of the single-family dwelling unit is occupied by the owner ... as his or her principal residence.
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