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Short-term rental rules in Saugerties, NY
How Saugerties regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- STR-specific operating permit required from Town Building Department, renewed every 12 months
- Annual fire/safety inspection required; no open code violations at renewal
- Only the property owner may register; renter/arbitrage applications prohibited
- Eligible dwellings limited to single-family homes and permitted accessory apartments; two-family and multifamily STR prohibited
- No permit cap and no owner-occupancy/primary-residence requirement in force (Town overrode county's recommended primary-residence-plus-one modification); whole-home / non-owner-occupied STR remains permitted
- Cap reserved but not enacted (Town Board may set a cap once per year by resolution under Sec. 194-5.C)
Based on: Town of Saugerties Code Chapter 194 (Short-Term Rentals), added by Local Law No. 2 of 2022, adopted June 15, 2022
Summary of the rule
Short term rentals (STR) are required to receive an operating permit from the Town of Saugerties Building Department. ... Operating without a permit shall constitute a violation of this section resulting in the payment of fines as outlined in Sec. 194-4 of this chapter.
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