Union, NY Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Chapter 155, Article II (L.L. No. 10-2010, adopted 9-10-2010) is the town's registration rule for rental buildings with several units. Section 155-10(A) requires every owner of a multiple dwelling who does not reside in it, and every corporate owner, to designate a manager. The manager is responsible for keeping the dwelling in compliance with the chapter and must be reachable by the enforcement officer at any time. The manager must either live in the dwelling or one of its units, or maintain a business office in Broome County and be employed by the owner for that purpose.

Section 155-10(B) then requires the owner to register the manager's name, address and phone number with the enforcement officer on forms and in a manner the enforcement officer establishes and maintains. The owner and every designated manager also carry a continuing duty to contact the Code Enforcement Officer and update any change in the building manager or the manager's address or phone number. The registration is a contact registry for the manager, so it tracks who answers for the building rather than each unit.

The registered manager carries weight elsewhere in the code. Chapter 83, Brush, Grass and Weeds, lets a violation notice be served on the manager designated by § 155-10. Under Article III of the same chapter, owners, managers and occupants each hold duties for residential property, and banks and lenders count as owners or managers during foreclosure. The Town Board legislates this through local law, and the Code Enforcement Office handles filings at 3111 E. Main Street, Endwell, New York 13760.

Owners who treat the form as optional run into the penalty clause in subsection C, which keys the fine to how long the violation continues after the enforcement officer mails notice.