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

The rules in Stroud Township

• Short-term rentals (under 30 days) are allowed only inside the township's Short-Term Rental overlay district, shown on the overlay map. Check that your address is inside it.
• A yearly Short-Term Rental Permit for each home, issued to the owner. Renew every year, and whenever the rental's conditions change.
• Occupancy: 2 bedrooms = 6 guests, 3 = 8, 4 = 10, 5 = 12. No more than 5 bedrooms, never more than the septic permit allows; bedrooms at least 70 sq ft.
• Apply with a local contact or agent (24-hour phone, written authority to accept legal papers), floor plans with bedroom sizes, a site plan with parking and septic, a septic evaluation and pumping within 3 years, the county hotel tax certificate, PA sales tax permit, deed, consent to inspection and HOA notice and approval where there is one.
• At least $500,000 liability insurance covering rental use. A township-approved trash hauler, and your listing IDs.
• Parking only in the on-site spaces set on your permit: not on the street or lawns. No RVs, campers, tents or outdoor sleeping; no fireworks or floating lanterns; no subleasing.
• Smoke and CO detectors, GFI outlets, a metal dryer vent, a kitchen fire extinguisher, sound stairs, handrails and an E-911 address marker; pools and hot tubs must meet code. Post a notice inside the front door (the township has a template).
• Fines $300 to $1,000 a day; 2 violations in 12 months can cost you the permit for 6 months or more.

Fees

• $50 zoning permit application; $500 for the first year (includes inspections and the septic inspection); $400 each year after; $100 per extra inspection (2026 fee schedule).

How to apply

Download the application from the township's Permits & Forms page and email it to stroud17@ptd.net, mail it or bring it to 1211 N. Fifth St., Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Phone (570) 421-3362.

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).
• Monroe County's 3% hotel room rental tax, registered with the County Treasurer (see our Monroe County hotel tax guide).

Confirm with the township

• That your property is inside the STR overlay district.

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.