Bed-and-Breakfast FAQs

Start with the Planning Board:

• They will have to sign off on your special permit
• You can contact the Board’s chair and ask for time at a meeting or simply show up at a meeting (in person or online) and ask your questions during the time slot set aside for that

Yes. See the Planning Board fee schedule. Helpful hint: Boarders, short-term rentals, and Bed-and-breakfasts all require a special permit. If you have any thoughts of doing more than one activity (for example bed-and-breakfast plus short-term rentals) you can request that the public hearing for the two permits be combined, thus saving you half the cost of advertising.

You will need a special permit from the Planning Board: special permit application

See section xxx of Princeton zoning by-laws.

Bed and Breakfast means:

• Offering lodging in a dwelling for no more than seven consecutive nights
• The owner must be in residence
• Not more than three (3) guest rooms or suites
• Guest meals are limited to breakfast prepared in a central kitchen (no cooking facilities in bedrooms or suites)