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Short-term rental rules in Jim Thorpe, PA
How Jim Thorpe 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.
- residential-zone exclusion — new STRs barred from R1/R2/R3, permitted only in C1/C2/C3/R4 and special districts
- discretionary special-exception required for new STRs even in permitted districts
- variance (hardship) required to operate a new STR outside permitted zones
- annual STR permit with one-parking-space-per-bedroom and escalating revocation on violations
Based on: Ch. 351 Rentals, Short-Term (Ord. No. 2021-02, adopted 2021-03-11) + Zoning Art. IV District Regulations (ecode360
Summary of the rule
Zoning Article IV District Regulations — short-term rental permitted (by special exception) only in C1/C2/C3/R4/special districts; not a permitted residential-zone use elsewhere.
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