Cheltenham Township has proposed an ordinance to clearly define what is a “dwelling”, “Family”, “Hotel”, “Vacation Rental”, and “Bed and Breakfast” among other things.

If you list your home on AirBNB or VRBO, you might want to show up for this, as the ordinance will target short-term rentals for the business privilege tax.

The hearing will be held at the regularly-scheduled meeting of the Board of Commissioners on April 17, 2019, 7:30 p.m., at Curtis Hall, 1250 West Church Road, Wyncote.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Cheltenham Township, at its public meeting on April 17, 2019 at Curtis Hall, 1250 West Church Road, Wyncote, Pennsylvania 19095 will hold a public hearing to consider public comment on and may consider and vote to adopt an ordinance amending the Cheltenham Township Code, Chapter 295 entitled “Zoning” to clarify the definitions of “Dwelling”, “Family”, “Hotel” and “Motel” and to enact definitions in order to clarify “Short-term”, “Short-term Transient Lodging” and “Vacation Rental”; to regulate the uses of Short-term Transient Lodging and Vacation Rental; and furthermore modifying the use regulations for Bed and Breakfast. 

Copies of the full text of the proposed ordinance is available for examination during normal business hours at the Montgomery County Law Library, Court House, Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401, and the Cheltenham Township Administration Building, 8230 Old York Road, Elkins Park, Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 19027, where a copy of the proposed ordinance may be obtained at the least named location for a charge not greater than the cost thereof. 

The ordinance may also be found online: 2019 04 17 Ordinance No -18 Amending Chapter 295, Zoning: Short-Term Transient Lodging and Vacation Rentals