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Short-term rental rules in Beach Haven, NJ
How Beach Haven regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- general rental-property registration covers seasonal (short-term) and long-term rentals alike — not an STR-specific licensing/permit process
- registration is fire-safety driven (Ocean County Fire Marshal CSACMAPFEC certificate), filed with the Municipal Clerk annually before May 31 for seasonal rentals
- no supply device: no residential-zone STR ban, no citywide cap/quota, no primary-residence requirement, no foreclosing minimum-stay — weekly whole-home summer rentals are the town's ordinary residential use
- Municipal 3% occupancy-tax chapter framed to hotel, motel and B&B rooms
Based on: Ch. 155 Rental Property — Ord. No. 97-21 (adopted 11-10-1997), amended in its entirety by Ord. No. 2007-2 (3-12-2007)
Summary of the rule
Borough requires registration/documents to the Municipal Clerk upon change of occupancy for long-term rentals and one-time annually prior to May 31 for seasonal rentals; required documents include a current-year Certificate of Smoke Alarm, CO Alarm and Portable Fire Extinguisher Compliance (CSACMAPFEC) per N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.3 from the Ocean County Fire Marshal
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