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Short-term rental rules in Rhinebeck, NY
How Rhinebeck 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.
- hard citywide cap of 15 STR permits (public lottery)
- primary-residence-only (owner-occupied ≥260 days/year)
- 16 rental-days/year cap with 7-day separation between rentals
- STR permit required with annual code-enforcement inspection
Based on: Village of Rhinebeck Short-Term Rental Law (adopted ~2019; rewritten/re-adopted after SEQRA review, no grandfathering
Summary of the rule
Permits issued for short-term rentals shall be limited to a maximum of 15 within the Village decided by public lottery on an annual basis. No permit may be allowed for any lot located within two lots from a lot where a current permit has been issued. A qualifying property must be the owner's primary residence. Short-term rentals are limited to 16 days in any one calendar year and there must be a seven-day period of no rental activity between.
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