{"id":780,"date":"2017-04-12T00:02:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T04:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=780"},"modified":"2017-04-12T00:20:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T04:20:48","slug":"toms-river-fine-tunes-reintroduces-airbnb-regulations-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2017\/04\/toms-river-fine-tunes-reintroduces-airbnb-regulations-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Toms River Fine Tunes, Reintroduces &#8216;Airbnb&#8217; Regulations Ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_554\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"size-full wp-image-554\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Property-For-Rent.jpg\" alt=\"For rent sign. (File Photo)\" width=\"620\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Property-For-Rent.jpg 620w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Property-For-Rent-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For rent sign. (File Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new ordinance that dictates how barrier island residents can rent their homes could be changed again, allowing for shorter-term rentals in a larger seasonal window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, the township council passed a so-called AirBnB ordinance, in response to a Silverton street whose neighbors were complaining of a \u201cflop house\u201d operating via the website AirBnB. The site allows homeowners to rent their home or rooms in a home for overnight or longer stays, and the Silverton residents said it created quality of life issues for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After months trying to carve out language that would permit the existing rental economy on the barrier island, the last version of the ordinance passed council muster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But at that vote, Councilwoman Maria Maruca, whose ward represents the barrier island, said the short-term rental ordinance still needing tweaking and promised to seek amendments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amendments, introduced at the township council meeting April 11 and second for public hearing for May 9, include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changing the minimum number of days a barrier island home could be rented, from three down to two.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Extending the season when rentals can take place. The change would allow for April 1 through November 30 rentals, while the existing version labels the season as April 15 \u00a0through September, Maruca said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other rules in the ordinance prohibit short-term rentals on the mainland for less than a month. In response to issues coming from North Dover neighborhoods, where residents complained homes and pools were being rented for special events, the ordinance prohibits renting or leasing amenities such as pools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last debate on the ordinance was mixed, with officials saying it needed to be passed to be in place for the coming tourism season. Councilman Mo Hill voted no, with Maruca concurring it needed work but voting yes along with her council mates. At that meeting, Jeremy Grunin of the Toms River\/Ocean County Chamber of Commerce said it would have an adverse effect on the tourism economy and urged the council to vote no. Others who spoke during public comment thanked the council for responding to the Silverton residents\u2019 concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The May 9 meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in town hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2017\/04\/toms-river-fine-tunes-reintroduces-airbnb-regulations-ordinance\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new ordinance that dictates how barrier island residents can rent their homes could be changed again, allowing for shorter-term rentals in a larger seasonal window. Earlier this year, the township council passed a so-called AirBnB ordinance, in response to a Silverton street whose neighbors were complaining of a \u201cflop house\u201d operating via the website [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[222,224,255,11],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","tag-airbnb","tag-rental-ordinance","tag-short-term-rental","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Property-For-Rent.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}