Lake Placid, NY short-term rental limits

What Lake Placid asks of you

• The application goes to the Enforcement Officer, signed by everyone with an ownership interest in the property. A copy of the current deed comes with it.^[4]

• The Village Board and the Town Board set the permit fee by resolution. The Land Use Code itself states no amount.^[4]

• No permit is issued until the property is registered with the Occupancy Tax Program run by the Essex County Treasurer's Office.^[4]

• A hosted rental is the owner's primary residence, lived in for at least 184 days a year. The owner sleeps there for the whole stay.^[4]

• Outside the village, North Elba issues no more than 165 un-hosted permits. Hosted permits stop at 48.^[5]

• Lodging permits have no cap in the town. They are limited to frontage on certain corridor roads, the Whiteface Inn district and condos run by an association.^[5]

• Each town permit, hosted or un-hosted, has to be used for at least 14 rental days per calendar year.^[5]

• The North Elba Building Department keeps one waitlist for hosted permits and another for un-hosted ones. A selling owner drops off the list.^[5]

• Once notified from the waitlist, an owner has 14 calendar days to file a complete application. The Town Board may change the permit totals by resolution.^[5]

• On Main Street in the village, the street-level storefront cannot be rented to guests. That space has to hold a business.^[4]

• In the Village Center, Gateway Corridor and Main Street, buildings with at least three units keep one long-term unit for every two short-term units.^[4]

• Overnight occupancy is two people per bedroom that meets the state building code, plus two. A septic system can lower that number.^[4]

• Starting at 6:00 a.m., the property may hold up to twice the overnight limit. That daytime allowance ends at 10:00 p.m.^[4]

• One vehicle per bedroom may stay overnight, parked off the street. Guests may not park on the lawn.^[4]

• Each listing also shows how many vehicles are allowed. It includes a link to the Good Neighbor Guidelines kept by the village and the town.^[4]

• A contact person must be reachable around the clock and live within 60 minutes by car. Complaints get a response within 60 minutes.^[4]

• A home on a private septic system needs an inspection report dated within two years of the application.^[4]

• Each bedroom needs a working smoke detector, as does one other room. The kitchen also needs a fire extinguisher.^[4]

• In the village, the noise ordinance limits start at 9:30 p.m. every night. Elsewhere in North Elba, they start at 9:00 p.m. instead. Both lift at 7:00 a.m. the next morning.^[4]

• Weddings and corporate events are not allowed at short-term rentals in the village. Elsewhere in the town, outdoor events end by 10:00 p.m.^[4]

• Campers and tents cannot add sleeping space at a rental.^[4]

• Signs for short-term rentals joined the code's list of prohibited signs in 2024.^[6]

• Since the 2026 amendment, an accessory dwelling unit used as a short-term rental must be hosted.^[7]

• A first violation carries a fine or civil penalty of at least $1,000. The minimum rises to $2,000 for a second within five years.^[4]

• A third violation in that period costs at least $3,000. Each week a violation lasts is counted separately.^[4]

• After a revocation, none of the owners can get a short-term rental permit for one year.^[4]

• Essex County's occupancy tax law of April 6, 2026, has hosts register with the county. A registration lasts two years.^[8]

• Under that county law, a booking platform may not take a fee until the county confirms the unit's registration.^[8]

• Breaking the county's occupancy tax law brings a warning first. The second time, the fine can reach $200. Every later violation can be fined as much as $1,000 per day.^[8]

What New York asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• In New York State, the county keeps the short-term rental registry. Once yours opens, the unit is registered there and its number appears on each listing.^[1]

• Short-term stays have carried sales tax since March 1, 2025. When a platform takes the booking, the platform charges that tax and remits it.^[2]

• Local control stays with cities, towns and villages, which can set operating rules. A local law can also ban short-term rentals outright.^[1]