7 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Monroe County, New York.
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Monroe County voted in December 2025 to opt out of New York State's new short-term rental registry. No county-level STR permit is required, but hosts must register with the Monroe County Treasurer for hotel room excise tax purposes.
STR guests in Monroe County are subject to the same noise rules as permanent residents. There is no separate county noise code for STRs; individual town ordinances and NY State nuisance law apply.
Monroe County imposes a 6% hotel room occupancy tax on short-term rentals. Combined with state and county sales taxes, total tax burden is approximately 14% for Monroe County STR stays.
No specific county STR parking rules exist. STR guests must follow the same parking regulations as residents, which vary by municipality. Town-level rules apply.
City of Rochester STR ordinance (§90-34, effective 2023) caps guest occupancy at 2 per bedroom + 2 additional, max 10 per unit. Monroe County towns (Pittsford, Brighton) set limits via zoning.
Rochester STR ordinance §90-34 requires $500,000 liability insurance. NY State STR platform law (2025) does not mandate host insurance but platforms often provide coverage. Standard homeowner policies typically exclude commercial STR activity.
Monroe County does not impose a countywide cap on the number of nights a short-term rental can be booked. On December 9, 2025 the Monroe County Legislature voted 21-8 to opt out of the optional county short-term rental registry created by New York's 2024 STR law (S.885C/A.4130C, signed December 21, 2024 and amended by Chapter 99 of the Laws of 2025). Without a county registry there is no county-level mechanism to enforce a nightly cap. Statewide, the New York Multiple Dwelling Law (MDL) §4(8) makes whole-unit short-term rentals (under 30 days) of dwellings in covered Class A multiple dwellings illegal unless a permanent occupant is present. Any night-cap or stay-length limits within Monroe County come from individual towns, villages, or the City of Rochester, not from the county.
1 cities in Monroe County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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