All Ventor property owners that offer short-term rentals (30 days or less) in Ventnor must obtain a mercantile license prior to rental.
Ventnor ordinance 2018-044.
The rise in online, short-term rentals has prompted the City to require a license in order to ensure code enforcement and public safety oversight can be taken if necessary.
The license covers a property from January 1 to December 31 and will need to be renewed annually. It costs $100.
Click to download the mercantile license application. All applications should be returned to the City Clerk’s office.
For more info, contact Ventnor City Clerk’s office at 609.823.7904.
CITY OF VENTNOR ORDINANCE 2018-044 REQUIRING CERTAIN RENTAL UNITS TO OBTAIN MERCANTILE LICENSES
WHEREAS, the City of Ventnor is authorized by state statute to adopt ordinances governing rental units; and WHEREAS, the City is desirous of requiring any property owner who rents a property in the City of Ventnor for a period of thirty days or less to obtain a mercantile license prior to allowing occupation pursuant to such rental.
No person shall engage in or carry on any business, or lease any property for a period of thirty days or less, in Ventnor City nor aid or assist, as employee, clerk or otherwise, in carrying on such business, or extending such rental or in using any vehicle, stand, store, property or other place or thing nor sell or offer for sale any goods or thing for which a license is required by the terms of this chapter, unless a license as herein provided for shall have first been obtained therefore.
Application for a license shall be made to the City Clerk of Ventnor City, and no license shall be granted until the payment therefore has been made.
Every license shall specify by name, the person to whom issued, the business for which it is granted, the owners of the property being rented and the location at which such business or rental is to occur.
Rentals of thirty days or less. Fee $100
Every person conducting a business or allowing a rental, required to be licensed hereby shall permit the building subcode official or his designee or his accredited agents or assistants to have access to any building, house, lot or premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether there has been compliance with the provisions of this chapter and other ordinances and to determine the fees to be paid, and any refusal thereof shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and shall be subject to the penalties provided for herein.