Short-term rental permits by town: Hudson Valley & Catskills

VerifiedNo dedicated short-term rental law. Chapter 110, adopted by Local Law 4 of 2021, is a general rental registration chapter. It defines "short-term rental" and "non-owner-occupied short-term rental," then does nothing with them: there is no STR permit, no cap, and no prohibition on non-owner-occupied short-term rentals anywhere in it. What you need is a residential rental registration permit, valid one year, with a property maintenance inspection.

This is the single most-confused pair on this page. The Ulster County Comptroller's own report says the Village of New Paltz and the Town of Hurley ban all non-owner-occupied short-term rentals. It says the Village. Plenty of summaries have read that as the Town and repeated it. The Town and the Village of New Paltz are different governments with different rules, and a New Paltz mailing address does not tell you which one you are in. Check the parcel, not the envelope.

My caveat: I read Chapter 110 in full and the article list of the zoning chapter, but not every section of zoning. I am confident there is no ban; I would not call it airtight.

Buying in New Paltz for any reason? My New Paltz page covers the rest: village versus town tax math, the three school districts, water and the flood map.

VerifiedChapter 194, Local Law 2 of 2022. In my read, the most workable law in Ulster County right now. Annual permit plus fire and safety inspection. No cap currently enacted, though the board may set one by annual resolution. No owner-occupancy requirement. Single-family and permitted accessory apartments only, so no two-family or multifamily. One parking space per bedroom. Updated 6 November 2026, read from Chapter 194 and the Building Department's application papers: the permit does not transfer on a sale, so a buyer applies for a new one; the town treats anything over 5 bedrooms or 10 guests as an inn rather than a short-term rental; a host within 15 miles; a well water test with the application; $250 to start and $175 a year to renew. Full detail: Can you get a short-term rental permit in Saugerties, NY?

VerifiedChapter 148, Rental Property, with short-term rentals added by Local Law 1 of 2023 on 2 October 2023. Registration with the Village Building Inspector, not a permit. No cap, no owner-occupancy rule and no short-term rental operating standards in the chapter. An owner who doesn't live in Ulster County must name a managing agent who does. On a sale, the owner files a sworn statement naming the new owner within 15 days. Fines run $250 to $500 a day. Not checked: whether the village zoning law limits where rentals can operate. This is a separate government from the Town of Saugerties. ReportedLocal reporting at adoption in 2023 said registration is free. Town and village compared: Saugerties short-term rental rules.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. I read the full Town Code and the Zoning Law, both last amended 30 September 2024, and searched them for short-term rental, transient occupancy, vacation rental and rental registration. Nothing. The only lodging category in the code is a bed-and-breakfast, defined as owner-occupied with no more than five guest bedrooms. This is the most useful unregulated town near Kingston: real inventory, Kingston-area demand, and the city's cap does not reach it. Two honest caveats. The zoning law incorporates its use table by reference and keeps it at the Town Clerk's office, so I have not read how transient lodging is classified district by district. And the town's local-laws web page renders empty, so I cannot rule out something adopted since September 2024.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. I searched the town code and found no rental provision of that kind and nothing new waiting to be codified. I have not read the zoning use tables, so confirm with the building department how a whole-house rental is classified. ReportedLocal reporting in September 2024 said the town's Housing Board chose not to ask for regulation for now and expected the issue to come back with the comprehensive plan review.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A search of the town code finds nothing on short-term rentals. The zoning law defines lodging facilities and group lodging as accommodations for transient guests, so ask the zoning administrator how a whole-house rental is classified before you buy.

VerifiedLocal Law 4 of 2023. Registration with the Building Department, proof of code compliance and an annual fire inspection, and a $500 annual fee. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. The limits are about place: short-term rentals are prohibited in the R-1/2, R-1/3 and R-1/4 districts and on nonconforming lots, must be in a single-occupancy building, cannot share a driveway and need proof the septic or sewer handles the bedroom count. Two people per bedroom and an owner or agent who can be there within 60 minutes. Corrected 15 October 2026: this entry was listed as effectively closed, from secondary sources. The law has no owner-occupancy rule or cap, so it moves to open, with the district limits as the thing to check.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's code has no rental chapter of that kind and no new laws waiting to be codified. What it does have is a town hotel occupancy tax: 2.5% of the rent, which expressly reaches short-term and vacation rentals, adopted 3 December 2025 (Local Law 5 of 2025). Budget for it on top of the county's tax. I searched the code rather than reading every zoning use table, so confirm with the building department how a whole-house rental is classified before you buy.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. I searched the village code and found no rental provision of that kind, and nothing new waiting to be codified. I have not read the zoning use tables, so confirm with the Building Inspector (Village Hall, 845-897-4430) how a whole-house rental is treated.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A search of the town code turns up no short-term rental chapter. The question is the zoning definition of a lodging facility, an establishment "providing sleeping accommodations for transient paying guests," which a whole-house rental could fall under. Ask the zoning administrator in writing how the town treats one before you buy.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The village code has no short-term rental provision. The village is updating its zoning, with the April 2026 environmental notice describing a focus on non-residential districts and uses, so check whether the update touches rentals before you buy.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A search of the town code finds no short-term rental provision and no new laws waiting to be codified. The zoning law's hotel definition covers commercial stays under 30 days, so ask the zoning officer how a whole-house rental is classified before you buy.

VerifiedZoning Section 215-44.1, added by Local Law 1 of 2020. An annual permit from the Zoning Administration, with a Code Enforcement inspection, and no owner-occupancy or primary-residence requirement in the text. Two things are unusual. Before applying you must notify neighbors by certified mail (500 feet in the commercial districts), and the septic has to be pumped and inspected every year. And the permit is transferable to a new owner who re-registers with the town and agrees in writing to comply. Occupancy is the smaller of 20 people or what the septic supports. Fees on the town's sheet: $100 administrative plus $300 for up to two bedrooms and $100 for each additional bedroom, renewal at half that, and a $125 or $225 inspection. This is the Town; the Village of Pawling is a separate government, capped at 15 permits and limited to primary residents, in Tier 3. Updated 16 October 2026: this entry previously said I had not read the village.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law in the town code. The board talked about it through 2024, including registration and fees, a meeting with Dutchess County Planning and a public survey, but nothing was adopted. A February 2026 local law on accessory dwelling unit tax exemptions mentions short-term rentals in its findings. A town that has surveyed residents on this is one to watch.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. I searched the village's online code and its list of laws not yet codified for short-term rental, transient and vacation rental. The zoning law defines a bed-and-breakfast and excludes "structures designed for transient residence" from the definition of a dwelling, but has no short-term rental section. Red Hook is three separate governments and the Town of Red Hook's restrictive rules do not reach inside the village. I have not read the use tables, so ask the village how it classifies a whole-house rental.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law in the text the town has filed with the Department of State. None of its titled filings since 2005 is a zoning law (older index entries carry no title); the land-use ones are a structure ordinance, a trailer ordinance, a 2016 subdivision law, solar rules, a 2023 sign moratorium and a 2025 right-to-farm law. I could not find an online code. On Route 23 between Windham and Prattsville. Greene County's free registration still applies. Confirm with the town clerk before you buy. One research trap: the state database also holds a Town of Ashland in Chemung County, and its 2001 zoning law is not this town's.

VerifiedChapter 147, Local Law 1 of 2017. An annual rental registration certificate from the Town Clerk. No cap and no owner-occupancy requirement. An owner whose principal residence is outside Greene County must name a local contact who lives in the county and is available at all times; there is no distance rule. Occupancy is two per unit plus two per bedroom overnight, with no more than one vehicle per two guests. The chapter has no inspection requirement and does not address transfer on sale. Three violations in 24 months lets the Code Enforcement Officer suspend or revoke the certificate. One quirk: the law defines a short-term rental as a stay of eight consecutive days or less, so stays of nine to 29 nights fall outside it. The fee is set by Town Board resolution. I have not read the zoning chapter's use table.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. I checked the town's local-law listings and searched its website directly, and found nothing on short-term rentals or lodging, and the town's 2026 moratoriums are on cannabis and battery storage, not rentals. The zoning law (Local Law 2 of 2017) is the thing to understand. It lists bed-and-breakfasts, inns and hotels, mostly by Planning Board special use permit, but says nothing about short-term or vacation rentals, and it states that "any use not listed in the Use Table is prohibited." Whether a whole-house rental counts as an ordinary single-family dwelling is a question for the zoning officer, in writing, before you buy. Worth knowing: a "petition pertaining to local Air B&B rental" reached the Town Board as correspondence on 19 August 2026. Nothing about rentals has appeared on an agenda since.

VerifiedChapter 133. Annual permit expiring 31 December plus annual inspection. No cap, no owner-occupancy. Host must be reachable by phone and within 30 minutes by car. Fines up to $5,000.

VerifiedZoning Section 4.15, in force since 2021 and amended by Local Law 1 of 2024, read in the zoning law the village filed with the Department of State and the 2024 amendment. A revocable permit from the Code Enforcement Officer with an annual inspection; since 2024 it runs one year from issuance and the use table lists it as a special permit issued by the Code Enforcement Officer, not the Planning Board. No cap and no owner-occupancy requirement. Occupancy is two per sleeping room plus two, and off-street parking must cover it, with no lawn or street parking. Every owner within 150 feet gets a copy of the permit. A contact person must be able to get there by car within an hour. The permit is transferable to a new owner who registers with the village, updates the application and agrees in writing to comply. The village's own application listed fees of $500 per unit to start and $200 to renew. Since Local Law 4 of 2025 the village also charges its own 4% occupancy tax on short-term rentals. This is a separate government from the Town of Catskill, which has a 30-minute host rule. Corrected 15 October 2026: this entry previously relied on the village's permit application because I had not found the law text. The application says the contact must be within 20 minutes; the law says an hour.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's code, current through August 2025, has no rental chapter; its three 2026 local laws cover data centers, a zoning map change and a watershed overlay; and the building fee schedule effective May 2026 has no rental fee of any kind. The same zoning question as Cairo applies: Chapter 201 says "any use not listed in Schedules A and B shall be deemed not permitted," and I have not read the schedules, so confirm with the building inspector that a whole-house rental is treated as a dwelling. The Village of Coxsackie inside the town regulates heavily, so check the tax map.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law and no zoning. I checked the town's local-law index directly and found no rental chapter of any kind, and the town's 2020 Comprehensive Plan says Durham "has no zoning ordinances." The Town Board doubles as the planning board. Renting an existing house needs no town permit that I could find. Building something new is different: the Site Plan Review Law (Local Law 2 of 2005) requires site plan review for any change of use beyond a one- or two-family home, and for commercial additions to one. A 20-unit short-term rental project came before the board for site plan review in 2023. Two caveats. The 2017 Building Law is posted only as a scanned image, so I have not read it. And in August 2023 the board discussed short-term rentals as a revenue source, met "a lot of opposition," and noted it "may need to re-visit" the issue. I read every set of board minutes from January 2025 through July 2026 and none has a short-term rental item. About 40% of the town's homes are second homes. ReportedFrom Wikipedia rather than town records: the hamlet called East Windham sits on Durham's southern town line, so an East Windham mailing address may be in the Town of Durham, not the Town of Windham. Check the tax map.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's list of local laws on file has no rental or lodging law, and the Land Use Code, updated in 2025, has no short-term or vacation rental use in the text I could read. The same zoning question as Cairo applies: Section 3.1 says "all land uses not included in this table shall be considered prohibited," and the table lists bed-and-breakfasts, boarding houses and country inns but not whole-house rentals. Ask the Code Enforcement Officer (845-586-2074) before you buy. Board minutes from April to August 2026 show nothing on rentals. Very little inventory.

VerifiedLocal Law #2 of 2023. Annual permit plus inspection. No cap and no owner-occupancy requirement. Occupancy runs two per bedroom plus two; more than eleven guests triggers site plan review. The permit does not transfer on sale.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The village's local-law page and permit list have nothing on rentals. The zoning law (Local Law 3 of 2013) is the problem. It says a dwelling does not include "hotels, boarding houses or other transient quarters," allows bed-and-breakfasts and hotels only in the business and recreation districts, lists neither in the Village Residential District, and prohibits every unlisted use without a use variance. Whether a whole-house rental in a residential part of the village is legal is unresolved. Ask the Building Inspector in writing before you buy; Village Hall is 518-263-4020. I have not checked village board minutes.

VerifiedZoning §165-21.3, Registered Short Term Rental, added by Local Law 2 of 2019 and amended in 2021 and 2024. A registration certificate from the town, renewed by 31 January each year, with a fee set by the Town Board. Allowed as a permitted use in the hamlet residential, rural residential, rural conservation and conservation districts. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. Occupancy is fixed at registration and covers everyone on the property: no extra guests or visitors. Posted rules include a noise limit, no outside music after 9 p.m. and bear-proof garbage. Three violations in 12 months, or four in 24, can cost the certificate. Corrected 15 October 2026: this entry previously said, from secondary sources, that out-of-county owners must name a local manager. That rule is not in any of the three laws I read, so I have taken it out; ask the code officer.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's posted code has no rental chapter, though the town warns its web copy may not be current. The zoning law (Local Law 4 of 2016) lists bed-and-breakfasts, inns and hotels but not short-term or vacation rentals, and states that "any use not listed in the following table is deemed prohibited." The same question as Cairo applies: ask the building department how a whole-house rental is classified before you buy. I have not checked 2026 board agendas.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. Its recent land-use filings are a 2021 to 2022 moratorium on site plan review and the Site Plan Review Law of 2022, neither of which mentions short-term rentals. In June 2023 the supervisor told the Mountain Eagle the board had no interest in regulating them. The town has no online code, so confirm with the town clerk at 518-299-3125, extension 0. Corrected 6 November 2026: this entry previously gave the clerk's number as 518-299-3186, which is not the number the town's website lists.

VerifiedLocal Law 3 of 2025, filed with the Secretary of State on 22 September 2025. Every short-term rental needs a permit from the Code Enforcement Officer, expiring 31 December each year. No cap, no owner-occupancy requirement, no per-owner limit, and no hearing for an ordinary permit. Occupancy is two per bedroom plus two; above eleven guests the Planning Board may require site plan approval. Two contacts are required, one answering within 60 minutes around the clock. The permit is not transferable: a buyer files a new application. Fines run $500 to $5,000, and operating without a permit carries at least $5,000 per occurrence. The fee is set by board resolution, and the posted fee sheet is a scanned image I could not read. Check the tax map: many Tannersville addresses are in the Town of Hunter instead, which has its own law.

VerifiedNo local short-term rental law. Nothing appears in the town's current local-law index, which I checked directly. ReportedSeparately, and from secondary sources rather than the index: a 2020 draft was reportedly pulled after a petition said to carry around 1,400 signatures.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The village's online code has no short-term rental provision, and a full-text search of its Department of State filings finds none. Its zoning, substantially amended in 2019 with a 2024 use-table change for accessory uses, defines a lodging facility as a hotel, motel or inn and says uses not permitted by right or by conditional use, "whether listed or not, are prohibited." Ask the code enforcement officer in writing how a whole-house rental is classified before you buy. Town local laws usually stop at a village line, but confirm with both clerks whether the Town of Chatham's one-per-owner permit reaches inside the village.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's online code has no short-term rental provision, and a full-text search of every local law it has filed with the Department of State finds none; its 2024 to 2026 laws deal with campgrounds, a historic inn use and battery storage. The zoning law, recodified in 2015, makes a prohibited use of anything "not listed as a PERMITTED, SPECIAL EXCEPTION, or ACCESSORY USE," and it defines hotels, motels and bed-and-breakfasts but no whole-house rental use. Ask the code enforcement officer in writing how a rental is classified before you buy. The Village of Philmont inside the town allows owner-occupied rentals only.

VerifiedZoning §4.19, in the amended zoning law adopted as Local Law 2 of 2025 (filed 23 May 2025). The lightest short-term rental law in Columbia County. A one-year permit from the Code Enforcement Officer. The section says short-term rentals are permitted in all zoning districts as the use table specifies, and the table lists them as permitted by right in at least six of its seven districts; the planned industrial district column appears blank, so confirm it if the parcel is there. This section came from the zoning law the town posts, because the copy filed with the state left the zoning text out. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. The section writes no inspection requirement, and naming a local contact and basic fire safety are encouraged rather than required. Permits are non-transferable and expire on any change of ownership. Enforcement runs from a written warning, to a compliance order, to a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on a third confirmed violation; two suspensions in three years can mean revocation. Fees and the fine for operating without a permit sit on the Town Board's fee schedule, which I have not read.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law in the text the town has filed with the Department of State, and I could not find an online code. The 2012 zoning law says any use not listed in the use schedule "shall be considered a prohibited use," and a bed-and-breakfast there must be owner-occupied, so ask the zoning officer in writing how a whole-house rental is treated before you buy. Worth knowing: the Town Board's June 2024 meeting materials included a county short-term rental presentation and the laws of Germantown, Ancram, Taghkanic, Copake and the City of Hudson. Nothing has been filed with the state since.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's online code, including Chapter 190 (Zoning), has no short-term rental provision, and a full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds none. The zoning question is the one Cairo raises: since 2019 the code says any use not listed as permitted, special permit or accessory "shall be considered a prohibited use," and its use table allows hotel, motel and inn style lodging only in the business and commercial districts and bars it in every residential district. Bed-and-breakfasts, with a resident operator, need a special permit. Ask the zoning enforcement officer in writing how a whole-house rental is classified before you buy. The part of the Village of Chatham inside Ghent has its own zoning.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's online code, including Chapter 250 (Zoning), has no short-term rental provision, and a full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds none. I have not read the zoning use tables, so confirm with the building department how a whole-house rental is classified. Check the tax map: the Village of Kinderhook inside the town is capped and limited to primary residences, and the Village of Valatie has its own code. Niverville also spills into the Town of Chatham, which limits owners to one rental.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law in the text the town has filed with the Department of State; its 2025 and 2026 accessory apartment laws, which I read, do not mention short-term rentals. I could not find an online code. The 2017 zoning law says any use not allowed as of right or by special use "is not permitted," and its use table has bed-and-breakfasts but no whole-house rental use. Ask the code enforcement officer in writing how a rental is treated before you buy.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The village's online code has no short-term rental provision, and its recent local laws deal with senior housing and a speed limit. I have not read the zoning use tables, so confirm with the code enforcement officer how a whole-house rental is classified before you buy.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedChapter 179, Short Term Residential Rentals, Local Law 1 of 2016. Covers rentals under 30 days where the owner is not on the property. An annual permit, $100 in the law as filed, with an inspection before the first rental and every year after. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. Parking on site only, a 911 sign at the driveway, no advertising signs, proof of insurance and a guest log the code officer can ask for. The Town Board can revoke a permit after a hearing. Transfer on sale is not addressed.

VerifiedAnnual license per unit. No cap, no owner-occupancy. Two per bedroom plus two, to a maximum of ten without Department of Health involvement. One space per bedroom and a 24-hour local contact. Covers Callicoon Center and Hortonville.

VerifiedChapter 225, Article I, adopted by Local Law 11 of 2020. A permit from Code Enforcement, issued after an inspection, on a registry year that runs January to December. No cap and no owner-occupancy requirement: the law covers homes the owner is away from as well as hosted stays. After the permit issues, the owner sends a copy, the law and contact details to every owner within 300 feet. The owner or manager must respond within two hours, parking has to be on site, and there is no street parking. The fee is set by the Town Board. Transfer on sale is not addressed.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision; its most recent zoning amendment was filed in November 2023. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. Very little inventory.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law of its own. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. Whether the Town of Callicoon's 2016 short-term rental law reaches inside the village is a question for the village clerk.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision, and the town's posted code chapters include none. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. Its 2025 and 2026 laws cover zoning, fines, parks and taxes. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision; the 2019 rewrite of the zoning law mentions short-term rental only for vehicles. I have not read the zoning use tables. ReportedThe town has tried before: local reporting describes a 2020 draft that would have capped certificates at 120 town-wide and 15 per zoning district with a four-month rental season, and a 2022 board workshop that agreed a law with a permit limit was needed. Neither was adopted. Treat it as a town that may act.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. Neither the town's online code nor a full-text search of its filed local laws finds one; the only mention of short stays is in the definition of a health spa. Very little inventory.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town's online code has none, and a full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State turns up no short-term rental provision. The town's 2026 laws deal with zoning updates and a moratorium on package wastewater plants. The Village of Monticello inside the town banned short-term rentals in its residential districts in September 2026, so check the tax map. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision, and the building department's regulations page lists none. I have not read the 2012 zoning law's use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The village's online code has none, and a full-text search of its Department of State filings finds none. Its zoning, Chapter 400, says any use not listed as permitted, special or accessory "shall be considered a Prohibited Use," so ask the building inspector in writing how a whole-house rental is treated. One oddity: the village's June 2026 accessory dwelling unit law bars ADUs from "receiving a permit for Short-Term Rental Use," though I found no such permit in the code. Fallsburg, which surrounds the village, has its own permit law; ask the village whether it applies inside the village line.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedLocal Law 1 of 2022, Transient Rental Regulations. An annual permit from the Code Enforcement Officer for any rental of 30 days or less, after a fire and safety inspection; it expires 31 December. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A local manager must live within 30 miles and be able to arrive within 45 minutes. Occupancy is two people over age two per bedroom, parking must be off-street, and every application, new or renewal, needs a letter to all owners within 200 feet. Unusually, the permit may be transferred to a new owner on written notice to the Code Enforcement Officer.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. The zoning law defines a bed and breakfast as a dwelling with fewer than ten rooms rented to overnight guests, so ask the code officer whether a whole-house rental falls under it. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. Its 2026 moratoria cover battery storage and solar, not rentals. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. The village's 2026 accessory dwelling law says short-term rentals would be governed by village rules "if adopted," which confirms none has been. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedLocal Law 2 of 2023, Transient Rental Regulations, on the same model as Andes. Annual permit with an inspection, expiring 31 December. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A local manager within 30 miles who can arrive within 60 minutes, two people over age two per bedroom, off-street parking only, and a letter to owners within 200 feet. The permit may be transferred to a new owner on written notice.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. The town adopted Transient Rental Regulations as Local Law 1 of 2024 and repealed them entirely with Local Law 1 of 2025, filed 12 February 2025, citing the new state registration rules. Permits issued under the old law ran out by 25 March 2025. The zoning law covers vacation rental cabin developments, not ordinary houses. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedLocal Law 1 of 2019, in force since 1 January 2020. An annual permit from the village, expiring 31 December, with a Delaware County code inspection and, for a new permit, proof the septic works if the house is not on village sewer. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A local manager within 20 miles who can respond within an hour, one parking space per bedroom, two people per bedroom, and a letter to owners within 200 feet. The permit may be transferred to a new owner on written notice.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. One practical point: its 2021 transfer station law does not issue dump permits to short-term renters, so plan for private trash pickup. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedLocal Law 1 of 2023. An annual permit, expiring 31 December, for single-family houses only; short-term rentals are prohibited in multifamily buildings. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A rental may have no more than five bedrooms or sleeping rooms and ten guests; anything larger is treated as a hotel. One parking space per bedroom, a property manager who can respond within an hour, and a Delaware County occupancy tax number on the application. The permit cannot be transferred.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the town has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedLocal Law 2 of 2024, Transient Rental Regulations. A one-year permit with an inspection before each renewal. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A local manager within 20 miles of the town who can arrive within an hour, a letter to adjacent owners, posted quiet hours, and two people over age two per bedroom, never more than the building code or the septic allows. Accessory apartments cannot be short-term rentals (Local Law 1 of 2024). The permit may be transferred to a new owner on written notice.

VerifiedNo short-term rental law. A full-text search of every local law the village has filed with the New York Department of State finds no short-term rental provision. I have not read the zoning use tables.

VerifiedZoning §123-12H. (The amendment history I could read points to Local Law 2 of 2022; a secondary source cites Local Law 8 of 2021. I have not settled which, so take the section number and not the law number.) Annual operating permit from the Building Department, safety inspection required, no cap of any kind in the text. Owner occupancy is not required, but it decides your path: owner-occupied is an inspection and a permit, while non-owner-occupied also needs Planning Board site plan approval, which is a hearing rather than a form. Non-owner-occupied must name a host living within 15 driving miles. Occupancy is two per bedroom plus two.

A distinction worth understanding before you write an offer, because it is unusual. The operating permit does not survive a sale: it is "null and void immediately upon a change in ownership." But the site plan approval underneath it does. §123-12H(7)(b): "Existing valid non-owner occupied STR site plan approvals shall transfer to the new owner upon issuance of the new operating permit, unless the subject STR is in violation of this chapter." Read those two conditions carefully. The approval transfers on issuance of your new operating permit, not at closing, and not at all if the property is in violation. Handled properly this is a materially better position than most towns on this page, because you inherit the slow part. Confirm the parcel's standing in writing with the Building Department before you rely on it.

Not established: the fee amount, which the code leaves to a town board schedule I could not find, and the exact liability insurance figure.

VerifiedA dedicated law exists. Chapter 314, Short-Term Rentals, created by Introductory Local Law 1 of 2023, with the state environmental review notice published 3 January 2024 and the law and permit application posted by the town in March 2024. A permit is required. The town's stated purpose is to allow short-term rentals while protecting housing affordability and residential privacy. One more check, on 15 October 2026: the state's local-law database shows no short-term rental law filed by the Town of Kingston. Its 2023 and 2024 filings are a tax-levy override, a firefighter exemption and a moratorium on mobile homes and mining. A town law takes effect only once it is filed with the Secretary of State, so ask the town for the filing date as well as the text.

ReportedI cannot tell you a single operative term of it. The only published copy of Chapter 314 is a scanned image with no readable text, and the permit application link loops. Secondary sources say annual, non-transferable, single-family only. That is plausible and matches every neighbouring town, but I have not read it and I am not going to repeat it as fact. If you are buying here, call Code Enforcement at 845-336-8853 and ask for an emailed copy of Chapter 314.

One trap: this is the Town, a small municipality around Lake Katrine and Sawkill. The 1% cap on whole-home permits you will find all over the internet (106 permits in 2023, 112 as of September 2026) belongs to the City of Kingston, a different government. It does not apply here.

VerifiedZoning §100-42.1, added by Local Law 7 of 2022 and amended by Local Law 2 of 2024. Two steps: a Planning Board special use permit, then a Building Department short-term rental permit. Permits run two years and expire 31 December; renewals are filed 1 October to 1 December and are themselves subject to the cap on a first-come-first-served basis. Annual inspection by the code enforcement officer. Owner occupancy is not required. Two permits per owner maximum, one owner-occupied and one non-owner-occupied, and that limit follows the people behind an entity, not just the entity. Permits may not be assigned, pledged, sold or otherwise transferred. Allowed as an accessory use to single-family and two-family dwellings in the A, R-2, R-1, R-1/2, R-1/4 and CB districts only.

The cap is written as a percentage, not a number: 2% of total dwelling units in the town, amendable by the Town Board at any time. I could not find the current permit count, so I cannot tell you whether there is room. That is the first call to make.

Do not confuse the Town of Lloyd, which contains the hamlet of Highland in Ulster County, with the Town of Highland in Sullivan County, also in this tier. Different governments, different laws.

VerifiedLocal Law 4 of 2019, plus Local Law 1 of 2025. Annual registration through the Building Department, good for one calendar year, with a yearly fire and safety inspection attached to every renewal. One owner-occupied and one non-owner-occupied per owner. Registrations are not transferable. Fees on the town's own application run $100 owner-occupied and $250 non-owner-occupied. Single-family homes and habitable accessory structures only; no tents, trailers or RVs, and no three-or-more-unit buildings unless owner-occupied.

The 2025 change is the one that catches people. Local Law 1 of 2025, adopted 18 March 2025, requires any lot with an accessory dwelling unit to be owner-occupied, and prohibits short-term rental of either the main house or the ADU except under a permit issued before Local Law 4 of 2019. That grandfathering dies after six months of inactivity. If the property you are looking at has an ADU, assume short-term rental is off the table unless the seller can show a pre-2019 permit in continuous use.

What I could not pin down: the law says the Town Board sets caps on both categories annually by resolution. I could not find the resolution, so I cannot tell you this year's numbers. Ask the Building Department.

VerifiedChapter 86, Local Law 4 of 2025, adopted 15 October 2025. An annual permit plus a yearly fire and safety inspection, and the Ulster County registration number must appear in every listing. The condition is the per-owner limit: one owner-occupied and one non-owner-occupied rental per person. The Town Board can also set caps on both by resolution; I have not found that it has. Allowed in every district except GB-80, and not in buildings of three or more units unless the owner lives in one. A host must live within 10 miles and deal with problems within 24 hours. Maximum 10 guests, two per bedroom, one booking at a time, and off-street parking for one car per bedroom plus one. Permits are not transferable. The town ran an amnesty to 1 June 2026 and said it would issue cease-and-desist orders to rentals with no application by 1 May 2026. Fines up to $500 a day.

VerifiedLocal Law 3 of 2021. Two-year permit, annual inspection. The cap applies to new non-owner-occupied permits only and resets by 1 August each year as a percentage of housing units; owner-occupied is uncapped. Manager must be within 30 miles of Town Hall. Permitted only in AR-3, AB-3, R-1, R-2, R-5, H and B districts.

VerifiedLocal Law 5 of 2024, §75-28.4. Two-year permit. No town-wide cap, but each owner gets one owner-occupied plus one non-owner-occupied permit. $1M landlord liability required. Local manager with 30-minute response if the owner lives more than 10 miles from Town Hall. Does not transfer on sale. Full detail below.

VerifiedLocal Law 3 of 2025, Short Term Rental Safety and Inspection License, codified as Chapter 140. An annual license after an in-person meeting with the code official and an inspection. No cap in the law and no owner-occupancy rule, but the Town Board may limit the number of licenses by resolution at any time; I have not checked whether it has. One license per tax lot, no more than 12 adults overnight and never more than the septic supports, one parking space per bedroom, a contact who can arrive within an hour, a letter to owners within 200 feet, and Ulster County occupancy tax registration first. Licenses are not transferable to a new owner.

VerifiedCode §112-29, Short-Term Transient Rentals, Local Law 2 of 2024. A two-year permit with an annual fire and safety inspection, allowed with single-family, two-family and up to half the units of a multifamily building, in every district except PCIM. No owner-occupancy rule, but two real limits. One owner, or the same people behind an entity, may hold no more than two permits: one owner-occupied and one not. And the Town Board may set a cap on new non-owner-occupied permits each year by 1 September as a share of housing units; I have not checked whether it has. A non-grandfathered LLC or partnership qualifies only if a resident of the property owns at least half of it. A local manager within 30 miles of Town Hall, one parking space per sleeping room, no street parking, and Ulster County occupancy tax registration first. Permits do not transfer; a buyer applies new.

VerifiedChapter 126A, Local Law 2 of 2022, rewritten in full by Local Law 4 of 2023. The condition is the cap: no more than 15 permits or renewals a year, first come, first served, one permit per owner and one rental per parcel. A hosted rental must be the owner's primary residence. An unhosted rental is allowed but needs a resident agent living within 20 miles who can respond within two hours. (The 2022 version banned unhosted rentals; the 2023 rewrite allows them.) Annual permit with an inspection before the first permit and each renewal, and proof of Dutchess County hotel tax payment. Not transferable.

VerifiedChapter 168A, Local Law 4 of 2023, last amended by Local Law 2 of 2025. An annual permit expiring 31 December, with a fire and safety inspection before the first permit and every renewal. The default rule is primary residence: a property used as a short-term rental must be a primary residence for the whole permit term. The exception, and the condition, is a separate category for an unhosted rental that is not anyone's primary residence, which the Town Board caps by resolution each year, starting at 30. The board can also limit permits by district. I could not find how many of the 30 are issued. Occupancy is two per bedroom rented, children under five not counted. An unhosted rental needs a local contact within 20 air miles who can respond within an hour. Permits cannot be transferred to another owner or property.

VerifiedZoning Section 164-19.6, amended by Local Law 5 of 2025 on 14 August 2025. Capped at 55 short-term rental units town-wide, with preference to rentals already operating and a waiting list once the cap is reached. I could not find how many are issued. No owner-occupancy requirement, and one owner can hold more than one permit, with a separate permit for each unit. Permits run two years and are not transferable or assignable. ReportedLocal reporting in June 2025 put the town's own estimate at about 51 short-term rentals run by 38 owners, close to the cap.

VerifiedZoning Section 240-69.1, added by Local Law 3 of 2025 on 28 April 2025. Annual registration with the Building Department and an annual fire inspection, $250 to apply and $250 a year to renew, with proof of Dutchess County hotel tax payment. No owner-occupancy rule, but the location rules do the work of a cap: short-term rentals are allowed only in the R-40, R-40/80, R-80, R-3A and R-5A districts, only in single-family buildings, not on nonconforming lots or shared driveways, one per lot, and no short-term rental may be within 1,500 feet of another lot that has one, or within 400 feet of a school or day care. Two guests per bedroom, and the owner or an agent must be able to be at the property on 24 hours' notice. Three violations in 12 months ends the permit.

VerifiedChapter 199, Local Law 3 of 2020, amended by Local Law 3 of 2024. An annual permit from the Code Enforcement Officer, renewed by 31 January, with an annual fire inspection added in 2024. No numerical cap. The condition is owner occupancy: a property not occupied by the owner and used mainly for income is a "short-term rental investment property" under the law and needs a special use permit from the Planning Board, which is a hearing, not a form. Every rental needs a local contact living within 20 miles. Occupancy is two plus two per bedroom overnight. Permits are nontransferable and expire on any change of ownership. Three violations in 24 months can mean revocation and up to three years' ineligibility.

VerifiedChapter 111, rewritten in full by Local Law 4 of 2023 on 14 August 2023. An annual rental registration certificate from the Village Clerk, at $250 per building plus $100 per unit, with an annual Code Enforcement inspection. The condition is location: new short-term rentals are registered only in the Community Commercial district, capped at 15, and the Village Center district, capped at 10 buildings. Rentals that already existed could register as nonconforming uses, but that status is lost on non-renewal, a transfer without the permit, or six months of disuse. A new owner must file a new registry form within 60 days of closing. Occupancy is two plus two per bedroom overnight. The village also adopted a hotel and short-term rental occupancy tax in 2025 (Local Law 3 of 2025). Not established: whether either cap is full, and what two local laws heard on 21 September 2026 cover, because the posted minutes are scanned images.

VerifiedNo dedicated short-term rental law, but the new zoning law covers them anyway. Chapter 205 (Local Law 2 of 2024, adopted 13 June 2024) defines a tourist home as "a dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation," which describes a whole-house rental, and says a dwelling does not include a tourist home. A tourist home needs a one-year permit from the Building Inspector, issued only after an inspection, and it is unlawful to list or advertise one without a current permit (licensed real estate agents acting only as agents are exempt). The condition is the use tables: tourist home appears only in the Commercial Mixed-Use district, as a special use, which goes to the Planning Board. The Rural Residential and Conservation tables list boardinghouse and bed-and-breakfast but not tourist home. Ask the Building Inspector in writing how a whole-house rental outside the commercial district is treated before you buy. Violations are offenses under the Penal Law: up to $500 and 15 days for a first offense.

VerifiedThe zoning law adopted in full as Local Law 6 of 2023 (filed 29 December 2023), carrying forward short-term rental rules first added in 2020. Every short-term rental needs a special use permit from the Planning Board, after an inspection, so the first permit means a hearing. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. The permit runs one year; renewals run two years, and the code officer can approve one without the board when nothing has changed and no complaints are open. At most four bedrooms, two guests 12 or older per bedroom plus two younger children per bedroom, rental rooms only in the main house and one accessory building, and an engineer's septic certification for the stated occupancy unless one is already on file with the town. Someone must be able to respond on site within 30 minutes. No street parking, and a separate permit to host events. The law calls every rental that predated it illegal, with no grandfathering past a 180-day amnesty. The section does not address transfer on sale.

VerifiedZoning §195-23, Short-Term Rentals, added by Local Law 3 of 2025 (filed with the state 28 July 2025). A two-year Short-Term Rental Permit from the Code Enforcement Officer after an inspection, and the use table lists short-term rentals with that permit in all three zoning districts. No cap, no owner-occupancy rule and no limit on rental nights. The condition is a per-owner ceiling: one owner may hold permits for no more than two short-term rental units, which only bites for a buyer building a portfolio. Rental rooms must be in the main house or an accessory dwelling unit, at most two buildings per property, each with a certificate of occupancy. Two adults per bedroom, children under 16 not counted. No street parking, no events, and an engineer or Columbia County Department of Health septic certification if the town does not already have one on file. The permit is not transferable and ends automatically on any change of ownership. The law came out of the zoning rewrite the town did under a 2023 to 2025 moratorium on special use permits.

VerifiedLocal Law 1 of 2025, Short-Term Rental Law, passed 14 April 2025. An annual permit from the Code Enforcement Officer after an inspection, and rentals are allowed in every zoning district. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. The condition is the per-owner limit: an individual, partnership, LLC, corporation or other entity may hold one short-term rental unit in the town, and one per parcel, farm stays excepted. A local contact within 20 miles, a one-hour response to the code officer or police, $1 million liability insurance, on-site parking only, and a certificate of occupancy (or the assessor's card or a septic letter) matching the bedroom count. Permits are non-transferable and expire immediately on any change of ownership. Two violations in six months, or three in twelve, suspend the permit for a year; two suspensions revoke it. Rentals that predated the law but do not fit it could continue for 24 months, with a possible two-year extension from the Zoning Board of Appeals. One oddity to clear up: the filed text says the law takes effect on filing "and after approval of a majority of the electors," while the clerk certified adoption by the Town Board alone. Confirm with the clerk that it is in force.

VerifiedLocal Law 6 of 2023, passed 2 November 2023. An annual permit from the Code Enforcement Officer, and rentals are allowed in every zoning district. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. The condition is the limit the law writes as "one (1) STR unit per property/property owner", which reads as one rental per owner as well as per property; farm stays excepted. Occupancy is eight guests outside the hamlet districts, rising by two for each bedroom past four, for up to two more bedrooms, and six inside the H-1 and H-2 hamlets; every listing must state the maximum. A local contact within 20 miles and a one-hour response. Permits are non-transferable and expire on any change of ownership. Two 2025 laws add limits: an accessory dwelling unit cannot be a short-term rental for ten years from approval, and a lot created under the new single-lot subdivision exemption cannot be one at all. The town's online code had not codified the rental law when I checked.

VerifiedLocal Law 11 of 2023, enacted 28 December 2023, which added Chapter 187 and zoning §232-16.8. A one-year operating permit covers up to 120 rental days a year, and that use is permitted in every zoning district. The condition is the day count: past 120 days a year the house becomes an "Enhanced" short-term rental, which needs a special use permit and site plan approval, renewed every three years with a public hearing. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. One-family, two-family and accessory dwellings only (plus one unit in a multifamily building), no rental bedrooms above the second story, and the lesser of two guests per bedroom plus two, or ten. Certified-mail notice before the first permit to abutting neighbors, including across the road, within 500 feet of the house, a designated contact and a backup reachable at all times, and a guest 21 or older on every booking. Permits are not transferable and are void on any change of ownership. Check the tax map at Copake Lake: part of the lake community is in the Town of Taghkanic, which allows rentals only by owners who live there part of the year.

VerifiedChapter 48, Local Law 3 of 2021, rewritten in full by Local Law 8 of 2025 (filed 10 September 2025). It follows the structure of Hudson's law with a much longer season. Every short-term rental unit needs site plan approval from the Planning Board. A town resident may run up to three units. An owner who is not a permanent resident may rent only if they live in the town at least 50 days a year, and then for up to 315 days. The law names no route for an owner who never stays there, so treat it as closed to a pure absentee investor and open to a second-home buyer. Registration with the Building Department ($250) and an inspection every three years; a non-resident owner names a local contact. Fines of $1,000 a day after a compliance order, and a court conviction for a rental, garbage, noise or site plan violation ends the right to rent for two years. The chapter does not address transfer on sale.

VerifiedZoning §8.19, Transient Rental Regulations, added by Local Law 2 of 2019 (filed 2 January 2020). Every rental under 30 days needs a special permit for a lodging facility and a current certificate of occupancy or compliance, with a building inspection. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A local contact must live within 20 miles, and an owner who lives outside the county must name an in-county agent. Occupancy is capped by the special permit. The special permit cannot be transferred and ends immediately on any change of ownership. Corrected 15 October 2026: this entry previously cited Local Law 2 of 2022 with a $50 permit and $150 certificate fee, from secondary sources. The law is the 2019 one, and neither fee is in it; fees are set by the town.

VerifiedLocal Law 3 of 2025, amended by Local Law 3 of 2026 (passed 14 May 2026), which moved the rules into the zoning law as §4.44. Every application goes to the Planning Board for site plan review, and the board may waive the public hearing where impacts are minor; then an annual permit from the Code Enforcement Officer with a yearly inspection. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A valid certificate of occupancy or compliance, two per sleeping room plus two, parking set by the Planning Board with no street parking, a host who answers by phone and can reach the house within 30 minutes by car, and rental records kept three years. No commercial events without separate event venue approval. The 2026 law's use table appears to bar short-term rentals in at least one district, so confirm the parcel's district. The permit is not transferable to a new owner.

VerifiedZoning Chapter 205. Short-term rental is a defined use, and the use table, as amended through October 2025, requires a special use permit in the three residential-agricultural districts, which means a Planning Board hearing; by my reading it is permitted outright in two of the commercial districts. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A non-owner-occupied rental needs a contact person living within 20 miles, with details updated at least yearly. An accessory dwelling unit cannot be a short-term rental for three years after its certificate of occupancy. Renting 30 days or fewer in total a year, or a single bedroom in an owner-occupied house, falls outside the definition. Transfer on sale is not addressed. I read the use table from the town's online code, where the columns do not align cleanly, so confirm the district with the zoning officer.

VerifiedZoning §120-36.3, Local Law 1 of 2023, amended by Local Law 3 of 2025 to line renewals up with state and county tax registration. An annual permit, and every application must be reviewed and approved by the Planning Board, which may waive the hearing. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. A certificate of occupancy or compliance, inspections (the law says every two years in one place and yearly in another), a local contact within 20 miles, liability insurance rated for short-term rental, and occupancy as set on the permit. By my reading the use table allows it in every district except Commercial/Light Industrial (CLI). Permits are non-transferable and expire on any change of ownership. The definition also covers campgrounds and tent platforms rented by the night. Stottville reaches into the Town of Greenport, which has very different rules, so check the tax map. The town's online code has not caught up with either law.

VerifiedLocal Law 1 of 2024, amended by Local Law 3 of 2024 (filed 24 October 2024). The law's own heading says short-term rentals are allowed "only by residents of the Town of Taghkanic." But a resident here is any owner who attests to at least 60 nights a year in the house, full-time or part-time, so a second-home owner qualifies, and the owner must document that residency for a year before the first rental, so a buyer cannot rent in year one. After that, un-hosted rentals are allowed with a local host within 20 miles who answers within an hour. Four rental bedrooms at most, two adults each, a lead tenant at least 25, no events, a septic inspection within the last three years, $400 for a new permit and $200 to renew, and an inspection every year. Not transferable. That is the same kind of seasonal-owner test as Greenport's and Rockland's, which is why it sits here rather than in Tier 3; a pure absentee investor does not qualify at all.

VerifiedZoning §190-21, in the zoning law adopted as Local Law 1 of 2021. An annual operating permit from the Building Department and a safety inspection, in any district where single-family homes are allowed, for one-family dwellings only. The condition: a non-owner-occupied rental also needs site plan approval and a special use permit from the Planning Board, which means a hearing. No cap. A host, 21 or older, must live within a 30-mile drive. Occupancy is two per bedroom plus two, stays are limited to 60 days, and parking follows the hotel standard. A buyer must file a new operating permit within 30 days of closing; if they do, the existing site plan approval carries over.

VerifiedChapter 144, added by Local Law 2 of 2023, filed 11 July 2023. Allowed in every district where dwellings are permitted, with an inspection and a two-year operating permit from the Building Department. Up to two permits per owner on a tax lot. The condition is who can hold one: "Permits shall be issued to primary or seasonal owners only," and the law does not define a seasonal owner, so an investor who never uses the house should get the building department's reading in writing first. An operator at least 21 years old must live within 40 miles and respond within two hours. Permits are not transferable and end automatically on a sale. This corrects the August 2026 view that the town's draft was never adopted.

VerifiedLocal Law 3 of 2024, Transient and Short-Term Residential Rentals. An annual permit after an inspection, valid January to December, and no permit without Delaware County occupancy tax registration. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. The condition: the law says use of a property for short-term rental will require a special use permit from the Planning Board, which means a hearing. A local manager within 30 miles who can arrive within 60 minutes and respond to the town within two hours, on-site parking only, a letter to owners within 300 feet, and no events or weddings. The transfer clause is garbled in the filed text (it says a permit "may not be" transferred "with first providing" notice); it reads as transferable after written notice, but confirm with the code office.

VerifiedLocal Law 1 of 2022 added short-term rentals to the village zoning law as a special use in the residential, general business and industrial districts, which means a Planning Board hearing, plus an annual registration with the Village Clerk (the fee sheet filed with the law lists $300 a year for a studio to two bedrooms). No cap and no owner-occupancy rule, but an owner who lives outside Delaware County must name an agent who lives in the county. Overnight occupancy is two plus two per bedroom. A new owner must re-register within 60 days, and the special permit lapses if the use stops for six months.

VerifiedChapter 129, Short Term Rental Property, adopted in 2018 and amended in 2022, 2023 and 2024. An annual permit with an annual inspection. No cap and no owner-occupancy rule. The condition: every landlord must be a natural person, so a corporation or LLC cannot hold the permit. An owner who does not live on the property or in Orange County must name a resident agent who can respond within an hour. Occupancy follows the approved septic design, typically two per bedroom, with no overnight guests beyond those renting and no events. Permits do not transfer.

VerifiedZoning §227-25.6, Short Term Lodging, Local Law 2 of 2020. Allowed in the residential districts with site plan approval, a one-year permit and a Planning Commission review with notice to neighbors. The operator must be the owner, and the whole program is built small: no more than 90 nights a year, six adults (up to ten with a special use permit), one booking a night, no use of detached accessory buildings, and an authorized agent who lives within five miles. Annual fire safety inspection. Fines start at $1,000, and a second conviction within 12 months revokes the permit.

VerifiedZoning §210-33, added 13 September 2021 and amended 26 April 2022. Short-term rental is allowed in every zoning district provided the property is owner-occupied. It must be the record owner's principal domicile, and the owner has to be on the premises during the stay. Non-owner-occupied is prohibited outright, which the Ulster County Comptroller independently confirms. Permit runs one calendar year and renews automatically; inspection within 30 days of application and again before each renewal. $250 a year on the town's application. One-family, two-family or an accessory dwelling unit only; not a shed, garage, rec room or RV.

The occupancy cap is the thing that breaks the spreadsheet. §210-33(A)(6): "An STR shall host no more than two guests per bedroom and is limited to a maximum capacity of six people per dwelling. Children eight years of age and under are not counted as guests." Six people, whatever the bedroom count. A four or five bedroom Hurley house does not earn a four or five bedroom nightly rate here.

And the clause a buyer needs. The permit does not simply transfer. Within 60 days of taking title the new owner must show the Building Department that the property is their principal residence, and if they cannot, the department revokes the permit. You inherit a 60-day clock and a residency test, not an income stream.

VerifiedSource here is the City of Kingston's own short-term rental fact sheet and housing page rather than the law text. Whole-home permits (STR-F) are capped at 1% of housing units: 112 as of September 2026, per the fact sheet. The cap was reached on 4 March 2024, and as of 12 October 2026 the city's housing page says it is not accepting new Full registrations. There is a waitlist, and joining it takes proof of ownership. Permits do come back when holders don't renew: four reopened in December 2025, through a one-day registration with a random draw. Full permits are allowed only in the T4 and T5 transects. $650/yr for STR-F, $125 for STR-RO and STR-L. Resident-occupied and limited categories are uncapped. One short-term rental per property, none in ADUs.

Correction, 12 October 2026: this entry previously gave the cap as about 106 and said whole-home requests are rejected until further notice. 106 was the figure when registration opened in 2023, and the December 2025 reopening shows permits do return through the waitlist. Full detail: Can you still get a short-term rental permit in Kingston, NY?

VerifiedZoning §155-32.3, added 12 April 2021 by Local Law 2 of 2021. Short-term rental is a special use, not a use of right, listed only in the R, R-1 and R-Ag-1 districts and requiring Planning Board approval. Each owner must also hold an annual operating permit from the Building Department. Short-term here means 30 days or less, a slightly wider net than the 29-night line most neighbours use.

Correction, and then a gap I am not going to paper over. An earlier version of this page stated flatly that the owner must be a Town of Marlborough resident. That traced to a secondary summary, not to the code, so I have pulled it. But I want to be straight about what that does and does not mean: I have not been able to read §155-32.3 in full either. The online code truncates before the body of the section and the town's own site blocks automated reading. So I am not replacing "residency is required" with "residency is not required." I am telling you that Marlborough's cap, owner-occupancy rule, transfer provision, renewal terms and fees are all unverified.

Of everything on this page, this is the entry I know least about. What I can stand behind: a real law exists, short-term rental is a special use in three districts, and a Planning Board hearing plus an annual Building Department permit are required. For anything else, call the Building Department, and do not let anyone including me tell you what Marlborough requires without a citation.

VerifiedChapter 129, Article IV, added 23 June 2021 by Local Law 1 of 2021. The village does not license short-term rentals so much as prohibit them: it is unlawful to rent a dwelling for less than 30 consecutive nights, and the prohibition lifts only where the short-term rental is "secondary and incidental to the use of the property as a primary residence." A non-owner-occupied whole-house rental is not permitted in the residential zones. Compliance runs through the annual rental property registration, with an annual inspection. On sale, a new owner must notify the code enforcement official within 15 days; the registration is annual and owner-specific, so do not assume anything carries. Hotel and bed-and-breakfast operations in the commercial districts run on a special use permit instead. See the Town of New Paltz in Tier 1, a different government with much looser rules. More on buying here, including taxes and flooding, on my New Paltz page.

VerifiedChapter 114, adopted by Local Law 2 of 2022 and substantially amended 10 June 2025 by Local Law 2 of 2025. Owner-occupied is uncapped. Non-owner-occupied is capped, and the number is set fresh each January at the town board's organizational meeting: the 2026 figure is 24, set by motion at the 2 January 2026 meeting and recorded in the minutes. Permits expire 1 January, renewals are taken 1 November to 30 December, and inspection plus an annual water test are required every year, not just at the start. Non-owner-occupied is limited to 180 rental days a year. Two guests per bedroom, children 12 and under not counted. Host must live within 30 miles and respond in person within an hour. 2025 fees: $400 non-owner-occupied plus $100 per additional bedroom, $200 owner-occupied, $150 inspection. Operating without a permit is $500 a day.

Ownership rules here are tighter than anywhere else on this page. One short-term rental per owner, full stop, and no interest greater than one unit whether held personally or through an entity. Corporations cannot hold a permit at all; only individuals, sole proprietorships, partnerships, LLPs and LLCs. Rental arbitrage is expressly prohibited. Accessory dwelling units are excluded, and three-or-more-unit buildings need a board exception. Permits "may not be assigned, pledged, sold, or otherwise transferred." Both grandfathering clauses in the chapter say the same thing twice over: the permit dies when the property changes hands.

VerifiedChapter 101, Article I, adopted by Local Law 2 of 2022 and amended in 2024. Licences come from the Town Clerk, run twelve months, and carry a fire and safety inspection before the first one and every third year after. No cap on residents. There is a cap on non-residents, and the town's own page says it has been met and it is not issuing. Fees on the town's application: $150 one-time, then $500 a year for an absent owner on a one-bedroom, $400 resident owner, $300 owner-occupied, plus per-bedroom add-ons. Two guests per bedroom, children under 16 not counted. No exterior advertising. Gatherings over twenty prohibited. One rentable unit per parcel.

Two provisions decide deals here. First, a one-year ownership wait: "For a property purchased after the effective date of this article, proof of a one-year ownership of a property is required for an STR." You cannot close and start renting. Second, licences "may not be transferred or assigned upon the lease, sale or conveyance of the real property," and the law closes the obvious workaround by terminating the licence if 50% or more of the holding entity changes hands. Buying the LLC does not buy the licence.

A conflict I could not resolve: the codified law sets the non-resident cap at 150. The town's own short-term rental page says 100. The code lets the board adjust by resolution, which would explain it, but I could not find the resolution. The practical answer today is the same either way: closed to non-residents.

VerifiedZoning §260-56, with definitions added by Local Law 1 of 2019. Three categories. An STR home (one to two bedrooms, four lodgers) and an STR establishment (three to five bedrooms, ten lodgers) both require the owner to reside on the property. STR non-owner-occupied is allowed, whole house, but requires a designated host living within ten miles and is limited to 180 days a year and no more than 26 weekends. One non-owner-occupied registration per owner, and a corporation whose owners hold interests in more than one is prohibited outright. 2026 fees, set by the Town Board on 6 January 2026 (Resolution 46-2026): $250 owner-occupied in-home and $350 owner-occupied separate unit, each plus $25 per additional bedroom, and $450 non-owner-occupied plus $50 per additional bedroom. A registration transfers to a buyer who files a new application within 30 days of the sale.

ReportedOn the cap, I do not have a number I trust, and I want to be explicit about why. The law itself sets no number. Local Law 1 of 2019, which I read on 27 October 2026 from a copy posted by the Town of Marlborough (the copy the town posts is a scan with no readable text), says the Town Board sets caps on both owner-occupied and non-owner-occupied rentals each year along with the fee schedule, and the board's January 2026 fee resolution states none. A cap does exist: the town's own 2023 task force document states as an issue that "we are over what we have authorized as the cap." Local reporting describes an original 2019 cap of 340, later reduced to 285. Treat Woodstock as capped, assume it may be full, and confirm the current number and waitlist position with the Building Department before you underwrite anything. Full detail: Can you still get a short-term rental permit in Woodstock, NY?

Correction, 27 October 2026: this entry gave the non-owner-occupied fee as $450 plus $25 per additional bedroom, from reporting of the January 2025 board meeting. The Town Board's 2026 resolution (46-2026, 6 January 2026) sets it at $450 plus $50; the two owner-occupied fees are plus $25 as before. The entry also said I could not tell whether a registration survives a sale. The 2019 law's text says registrations transfer with a new application filed within 30 days of the sale, and I found no later law changing that.

A warning specific to researching this town. Much of what search engines return for "Woodstock short-term rental" is Woodstock, Vermont. The 55-plus-55 permit cap, the $750 and $3,000 fees and the flat "does not transfer with the land" line all come from the Vermont town's FAQ, and they circulate as though they were Ulster County's. Check the letterhead and which state's law a document cites before you believe any number about this town, including from me.

VerifiedCity Code §223-26.5, Local Law 6 of 2020. Allowed in every zoning district, but only in an occupied primary residence of the owner or tenant, proved with STAR and a utility bill in the applicant's name. Renting the whole unit is limited to 100 days a year and needs an agent who can respond in person within two hours. Two-year permit with an inspection at the start and before each renewal. Accessory apartments cannot be short-term rentals, and the city added its own hotel and short-term rental occupancy tax in Local Law 10 of 2024.

VerifiedZoning Section 250-69.1, added in 2020 and amended in 2021 and again on 9 December 2024 (Local Law 4 of 2024). A hosted rental, where the owner lives on the same or an adjacent lot, gets a certificate from the Zoning Administrator. A nonhosted rental needed a special use permit, and since the 2024 amendment the use table calls it a nonconforming use: only special use permits that existed before mid-December 2024 continue. So a buyer cannot start a new whole-house rental. I read the definitions and the use-table footnote, not every subsection.

VerifiedZoning Section 200-36, in force since late 2021. A one-year certificate from the Zoning Enforcement Officer, limited to the owner's primary residence, whether the owner stays or leaves during the rental. Rentals in non-primary homes that existed before the law could carry on only if registered within 60 days, and that status cannot be restarted once it lapses. The certificate ends on sale. A local agent must respond within two hours. An amendment adding annual fire inspections went to hearing on 17 August 2026; I have not seen it adopted.

VerifiedZoning Section 230-30C, added 14 February 2024. A qualifying property must be the applicant's primary residence, meaning at least six months and a day a year. No more than 15 permits a year, first come, first served, one per resident, for two years, not transferable. Fines start at $1,000. ReportedLocal reporting at adoption put the permit fee at $1,000 and said the cap was cut from 20 to 15 before the vote.

VerifiedChapter 100, Overnight Accommodations, Local Law 1 of 2026, filed 2 March 2026. Permits are issued to a specific primary resident, meaning the main occupant of the property (the law defines a primary residence as six months and a day a year), and a primary resident may hold only one. Non-hosted rental is allowed for that resident, with an agent who can be on site within 30 minutes. Capped at 15 permits a year village-wide, first come, first served, with a waiting list. Six lodgers at most, two per bedroom, guest rooms only in the main house, $2 million liability insurance, certified-mail notice to properties within 200 feet, and an annual inspection. Not transferable or assignable. Fines of $1,000 and then $2,000, and a third violation within a year revokes the permit. The Town of Pawling around the village is open and lets its permit pass to a buyer; the village is the opposite.

VerifiedChapter 75, Local Law 6 of 2025, adopted 2 June 2025. A short-term rental here only exists if the owner is on the property overnight every night of the rental. Rent a whole house without the owner there and the zoning law treats it as a lodging facility, not a short-term rental. Permits are capped at 25 to start, first come, first served, one per owner a year, renewed annually and not transferable.

VerifiedZoning Section 19-5.47, amended by Local Law 8 of 2026 on 14 July 2026, which also allows short-term rentals in every zoning district. Both permit types require the host's primary residence. Home-sharing means the host is there. A vacation rental lets a resident rent the whole home while away, capped at 0.5% of the city's housing units, with a 30-day application window from 1 April and a lottery if it is oversubscribed. In an owner-occupied two-family house the second unit can be a vacation rental. Annual permits, not transferable, and booking platforms may not take bookings for unregistered listings. The published copy is a scanned law, so confirm the wording with the city.

VerifiedChapter 112, adopted 22 December 2021 by Local Law 6 of 2021. Annual operating permit from the Zoning Enforcement Officer, expiring 31 December, renewable within the three months before. Requires "certification that the property is the owner's primary residence," proven by STAR exemption or equivalent, with farm stays the only exception. One parcel per owner. Day limits are real: hosted single-bedroom rentals up to 210 days a year, everything else 120. "Annual operating permits ... are specific to the designated owner and property and cannot be transferred to other owners or properties." There is also a lighter "registered STR" track, a once-a-year un-hosted rental of under 30 days with no permit fee.

"Red Hook" is three governments, and they do not agree. The town law above does not reach the villages. The Village of Tivoli adopted its own Chapter 180 on 14 August 2024: hosted only, with the primary resident staying on the premises during the rental and a notarized certification to prove it, un-hosted whole-house rentals prohibited village-wide, one permit per owner, one-family dwellings only, 60 days a year outside the business districts, and the same non-transferable clause. The Village of Red Hook appears to have no short-term rental law at all: I read its code and found no STR chapter and no transient rental use, only older bed-and-breakfast, boarding house and tourist home categories. The published snapshot ends 14 April 2025, so treat that as not found rather than proven.

VerifiedThe town adopted, and most summaries still say it is working on it. Zoning Chapter 125, Article XV, added 29 September 2025 by Local Law 2 of 2025, following amendments in 2024. There is no cap of any kind. The gate is occupancy instead: the property "must be the owner's primary residence," and during the rental the owner must be on site, in the main house or an accessory structure. Two narrow exceptions: a farm stay on land in a certified New York Agricultural District, and an adjacent property the owner occupies, capped at 1,000 square feet. "The short-term rental permit is not transferable to a new owner." Permits run two years. Two people per bedroom, twelve maximum, ten where septic governs. A special use permit is additionally required in the Rhinecliff districts. Prohibited in condominium apartments and on campgrounds and tent platforms.

Update, 14 October 2026: the moratorium passed, without short-term rentals. The town board adopted Local Law 3 of 2026 on 14 September 2026, a temporary moratorium on land use applications for conference centers, country inns, agritourism, hotels, motels and special event venues. The draft that went to hearing on 18 August had listed short-term rentals too. The adopted law takes them out: the board found that bed-and-breakfasts and short-term rentals "should be excluded" because the town already has adequate zoning provisions for them. It runs nine months from filing with the Secretary of State, extendable once by up to six months. So the short-term rental rules above are unchanged.

Still live: a proposed occupancy tax. At its 5 October 2026 special meeting the board introduced a local law for a 3% hotel room occupancy tax whose definition of a tourist facility reaches short-term and vacation rentals. Public hearing: 9 November 2026, 6:00 pm. It is a proposal, not law. Town Clerk: (845) 876-3409.

VerifiedZoning §120-17.1, added by Local Law 4 of 2019, and the most restrictive law on this page. Fifteen permits, village-wide, allocated by public lottery once a year. Property must be the owner's primary residence. Sixteen rental days in any calendar year, with a seven-day gap required between rentals. Annual inspection before the permit issues. Non-hosted single-family, two-family or accessory dwelling units, one to three bedrooms. The code contains no transfer clause, but between an annual lottery and a fifteen-permit ceiling, a buyer should assume nothing carries over. Currency caveat: the published code snapshot ends 14 May 2024 and the village's own application page blocks automated reading, so confirm before relying on it.

VerifiedChapter 180, adopted 14 August 2024. Un-hosted whole-house rental is prohibited village-wide. Hosted rental is capped at 60 days a year outside the business districts. The village sits inside the Town of Red Hook but regulates separately, so a parcel with a Tivoli address is governed by this, not by the town chapter above.

VerifiedNo dedicated law, but the zoning law decides it. Short-term rental is a defined use, and the use tables allow it only by special use permit in one commercial district. It is prohibited in the other commercial districts, absent from the residential table, and the code says any use not listed "is prohibited." It is also barred in multifamily buildings. For a house in a residential district, assume no.

VerifiedChapter 124, Local Law 3 of 2023, adopted 13 December 2023. "Unhosted short-term rentals are prohibited in the Village." Hosted rentals need an annual permit, and an owner may operate only one. Not open to an absentee owner.

VerifiedChapter 115, Local Law 1 of 2024, adopted 31 January 2024. No more than 40 permits town-wide, one per owner. The owner must have owned the property for at least a year, and an owner must live on the property at least 100 days a year, during the permit and in the year before it. That rules out an absentee investor. Two-year permit, two guests per bedroom up to eight, a contact who can reach the property within 30 minutes, and boundary fencing or hedges on small lots. Not transferable.

VerifiedLocal Law 4 of 2023, amending a 2021 law. My source is the town's own short-term rental page and its "STR Basics" summary; the law PDFs themselves are scanned images. Non-resident permits are capped at 62. As of 14 October 2026 all 62 are issued, none are available, and about five applicants are on the waiting list. Resident permits are uncapped. Permits are non-transferable, so buying from a permit holder does not get you a permit: a non-resident buyer joins the waiting list. A rental may sleep no more than 15; above that it is treated as a lodging facility. The owner or emergency contact must live within 30 miles. Three violations in a calendar year means revocation. I have not read how the law defines a resident.

VerifiedCity Code §325-28.3, Local Law 7 of 2020. Short-term rentals are allowed in only two cases. A Hudson resident, directly or through an entity they control, may run up to three short-term rental units on the parcel where they live. Or an owner who lives in the unit at least 50 days a year may rent it short-term for up to 60 days a year. Rentals that existed before 6 March 2020 had one year to wind down. A conviction for a garbage, noise or abandoned-vehicle violation suspends the right to rent on that parcel for two years.

VerifiedZoning §130-22, Local Law 3 of 2023. Hosted and non-hosted rentals alike must be the owner's primary residence, proved with a license, utility bill or similar, so there is no route for an absentee owner. Non-hosted permits are also capped at 12 village-wide, first come, first served, with a waiting list. Every first application goes to the Planning Board for site plan review, with a public hearing and mailed notice to neighbors. Non-hosted rentals are limited to 60 days a year. One to three rental bedrooms, two people per bedroom and eight people in all (up to ten only where the septic supports it), one off-street space per bedroom, and not allowed in the F-1 or B-2 districts. Two-year permit, not transferable.

VerifiedZoning §160-22.5, Local Law 1 of 2026, passed 11 May 2026 and filed 2 July 2026. "Only Owner Occupied Short-Term Rentals are permitted in the Village of Philmont." The law does not define owner-occupied, but read with its one-permit-per-owner rule there is no room for an absentee investor. Even an owner-occupied rental needs a Planning Board special use permit and then an annual permit after inspection; the use table allows it by special use permit in every district except Conservation (C). At most eight guests and four bedrooms, $1 million liability insurance, a contact within 20 miles who answers within an hour, and the Columbia County registration number on the application. The Village Board may also set a cap at any time. Non-transferable. And it may change again soon: a proposed Local Law 2 of 2026 that rewrites the whole zoning chapter went to public hearing on 14 September 2026, and the village's published highlights of it list added short-term rental regulations. Check whether it has been adopted.

VerifiedChapter 203, Article IV, "The Prohibition of Short Term Rentals," Local Law 4 of 2026, filed 30 September 2026. Renting any living accommodation for less than 30 nights is unlawful in every residentially zoned district, for single-family, two-family and multifamily homes alike. Short-term rentals are possible only in the commercial districts, and only with a special use permit from the village Planning Board. Brand new, so expect enforcement to start now.