1. Why we are looking at A Pocono Country Place
A Pocono Country Place is a planned community in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, governed by A Pocono Country Place Property Owners Association. Like most Poconos lake and resort communities, it has a property owners’ association that collects assessments and adopts rules—and, in many communities, rules about renting. Those rules are only as strong as the authority behind them in the recorded governing documents.
A real-estate brokerage’s community guide (PoconoVacationHomeSales, retrieved October 1, 2026) describes short-term rentals in A Pocono Country Place as permitted. We have not verified this with the association, and limits on renting can come from the association, the township, or both.
2. Does A Pocono Country Place charge short-term rental fees?
We have not yet verified A Pocono Country Place’s current STR fee schedule. If you own there and are being charged an Airbnb, VRBO, vacation-rental, guest-registration, or rental fee, we will review the charge and governing documents for free.
Have the Covenants? We’ll Review Them for Free.
If A Pocono Country Place is charging you to operate an Airbnb, VRBO, or other short-term rental, send us the information. We are happy to review the declaration and evaluate the fee for free. You don’t need to know whether the charge is legal—that is what the evaluation is for.
A Pocono Country Place Governing Documents
- Declaration / Covenants Covenants (as published by the association) Source: Association website. Retrieved October 1, 2026.
- Bylaws Bylaws (v50, April 29, 2009) Source: Association website. Retrieved October 1, 2026.
- Rules & Regulations Rules and Regulations (rev. July 23, 2025) Effective July 23, 2025. Source: Association website. Retrieved October 1, 2026.
Documents are listed for reference. We have not published an analysis of these provisions; the source documents control.
3. Why the recorded declaration matters
A planned community declaration is treated as a contract between the association and its members. Rules and bylaws adopted later do not override it: under Pennsylvania’s Uniform Planned Community Act, if the declaration and the bylaws conflict, the declaration prevails (68 Pa.C.S. § 5203(c)).
In Chan, the Commonwealth Court held that a bylaw amendment regulating short-term rentals—including enrollment and annual fees—was void and unenforceable because “authorization for such regulation is not provided in the Declaration.” Whether the same is true at A Pocono Country Place depends on what A Pocono Country Place’s own declaration and amendments say. Some declarations do give associations authority over rentals; courts look at the specific language.
4. Short-term rentals and residential use
Associations sometimes argue that renting is a “commercial” use. In Ruffed Grouse Ridge, the Commonwealth Court held that renting a home to private parties—short-term or long-term—did not violate a covenant limiting use to “private residential purposes only,” so long as the renters used it for residential purposes. The court focused on how renters actually use the home, not on how long they stay. The result for any community still turns on its own covenant language.
5. What types of charges should A Pocono Country Place owners send us?
- Annual STR permit fees — A yearly charge to be allowed to rent short-term.
- Annual rental assessments — An extra assessment billed only to owners who rent.
- Per-rental or per-stay charges — A charge every time a guest checks in.
- Renter-registration fees — Fees to register a tenant or rental with the association.
- Guest-registration charges — Charges tied to registering renters as guests.
- Mandatory STR amenity charges — Amenity, beach, or facility fees imposed because the home is rented.
- Rental inspection fees — Inspections required only of rented homes.
- Special security charges — Security fees billed to renting owners.
- Rental-processing fees — Administrative or “processing” charges for rentals.
- Badges, wristbands, or passes — Passes required only because a property is rented.
- Other rental-triggered fees — Anything you are charged because you rent short-term.
Listing a charge here is not a claim that A Pocono Country Place imposes it, or that it is unlawful. The declaration controls the analysis.
Sources for this page
- A Pocono Country Place POA — Governing Documents — A Pocono Country Place Property Owners Association (retrieved October 1, 2026). Association source.
- Short-term Rental Friendly Pocono Communities — PoconoVacationHomeSales (retrieved October 1, 2026). Secondary source.