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Short-term rental rules in Beacon, NY
How Beacon regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- Primary-residence-only: STR unlawful unless the property is the operator's occupied primary residence
- Whole-home / absentee STR foreclosed citywide
- Entire-unit STR capped at 100 rental days per calendar year
- STR permit required before advertising or renting; two-year term
- Mandatory Building Department inspection at application and each renewal
- Notarized primary-residence certification plus STAR credit proof required
Based on: Code of the City of Beacon Zoning Ch. 223 § 223-26.5 (Short-term rentals), added by Local Law No. 6-2020, adopted
Summary of the rule
Occupied primary residence. It shall be unlawful to use, establish, maintain operate, occupy, rent or lease any property as a short-term rental if the property is not an occupied primary residence. The property used as a short-term rental shall be the primary residence of the owner, tenant, grantor or grantee at all times during the term of the permit.
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