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Short-term rental rules in New Hope, PA
How New Hope 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.
- owner-occupancy required — absentee whole-home STR foreclosed
- hard 180-night / 15-rental-period annual cap per property
- STR permit required with inspection, deed, and $500,000 insurance
Based on: Code of the Borough of New Hope Ch. 102 (codified as Ch. 219, Short Term Rental Units); Ordinance No. 22-03
Summary of the rule
The Dwelling Unit shall and must be owner-occupied when not rented as a Short Term Rental. A non-owner-occupied Dwelling Unit may be rented as a Short Term Rental if it is an individual Dwelling Unit located within a larger owner-occupied structure, or a separate Dwelling Unit located on a parcel that is otherwise owner-occupied.
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