Dingman Township Short-Term Rental Permit: Rules, Fees and How to Apply

The rules in Dingman Township

• Rentals of 7 to 30 days ("transient residential use") are allowed only in the CP, RC and NC zoning districts, with a zoning permit. Stays shorter than 7 days are expressly prohibited.
• If your deed restrictions require a longer minimum stay, the longer one applies.
• One family per home, rented as a whole. Each permit sets a maximum number of guests. No signs advertising the rental on the property.
• If you live more than 25 miles away, name a local contact within 25 miles, available 24 hours.
• Notify your HOA in writing first: if it objects, no permit until the objection is withdrawn or overruled (30 days of silence counts as no objection).
• Collect and pay the Pike County hotel tax. The application is notarized, with the deed, county room-tax registration and a sketch plan.

Fees

• $100, "subject to change," on the township's 2015 application form; we found no newer fee.

How to apply

Submit the Transient Residential Use form to the Zoning Officer, 118 Fisher Lane, Milford, PA 18337. Office (570) 296-8455 (Zoning Officer in 9 to 10:30 AM weekdays).

Before you apply: your tax registrations

Townships usually ask for proof that you're registered for lodging taxes, so do these first:

• Pennsylvania's 6% hotel occupancy tax: register for a sales, use and hotel occupancy tax license in myPATH (the PA-100 registration).
• Pike County's hotel tax: ask the Pike County Treasurer how to register and file.

Confirm with the township

• The current fee.

Tips

• Check your community or HOA rules too. Many Pocono communities have their own renter registration, fees and limits, and you have to follow both.
• Keep one folder with your deed, insurance declaration page, floor and site plans, septic records and tax certificates. Renewals usually ask for the same papers.
• Make sure the guest limit on Airbnb, Vrbo and our site matches your permit.