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Short-term rental rules in Lake Placid, NY
How Lake Placid 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.
- residential-zone exclusion barring unhosted whole-home STRs
- hard numeric cap on unhosted STR permits (currently maxed, few available)
- STR permit required, one permit per property
- designated 24/7 local contact within 60-minute drive required
Based on: Village of Lake Placid/Town of North Elba Land Use Code, Section 11 (Short-Term Rentals); Local Law No. 1 of 2023
Summary of the rule
Unhosted STR permits are ONLY permitted in certain zoning districts in the Town & Village and are prohibited in Town Residential or Village Residential zoning districts; hosted STR permits are permitted across all districts.
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