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Short-term rental rules in Watkins Glen, NY
How Watkins Glen 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 8% of total residential units
- waiting list when applications exceed the cap
- discretionary special-use permit required per dwelling unit
- STR permit non-transferable, valid 24 months
Based on: Village of Watkins Glen Zoning Law, Local Law No. 1 of 2022 (adopted Jan 18, 2022; amended May 16, 2023), STR
Summary of the rule
The cap on STR permits shall be established as eight percent (8%) of the total residential units in the Village. The total allowed STR permits will be revised on an annual basis...
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