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Princeton council adopts ordinance regulating short-term rentals with three-year phase-out for non-owner units
Summary
On Dec. 8, 2025, the Princeton mayor and council adopted Ordinance 25-20 to regulate short‑term rentals, add an occupancy tax, and phase out non‑owner-occupied units over three years; the vote followed public testimony from hosts and neighbors and promises to monitor local data.
Princeton — The mayor and council voted Dec. 8 to adopt Ordinance 25-20, a new set of rules for short‑term rentals that imposes an occupancy tax, amends municipal code chapters 15A and 16, and phases out non‑owner-occupied short‑term rental units over a three‑year period.
Councilman David Cohen, who said the ordinance was the product of a working group of staff, the mayor and councilmembers, described the measure as an attempt to "balance the need to preserve traditional rental housing for long‑term residents" with visitor accommodations not provided by hotels. "I feel good about where we landed," Cohen said during the public hearing.
Why it matters: Supporters of the ordinance told the council it aims to protect year‑round residents from speculative conversion of rental housing, while some hosts warned the rules will affect livelihoods. James Mogilever, a local short‑term rental operator, asked the council to include…
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