Nassau County does not impose a countywide host-presence requirement, but several Nassau villages and towns require the registered host to occupy the dwelling during guest stays, banning fully unhosted whole-home rentals in residential zones.
Pending New York STR registry legislation (A8284/S885) would create statewide registration but does not mandate host presence. Locally, town and village codes in Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay treat unhosted whole-home STRs as transient occupancies that violate single-family residential zoning. Hosted home-shares where the owner remains onsite are typically tolerated as accessory residential use. Nassau County itself has no countywide STR ordinance; enforcement runs through municipal zoning, the County Hotel/Motel Tax registration regime, and Article XII of the Sanitary Code where food service is offered.
Unhosted operation in jurisdictions requiring presence triggers village zoning citations, daily fines often $250 to $1,000, and cease-and-desist orders backed by injunctive relief in NY Supreme Court.
Nassau County, NY
Nassau County has no countywide STR permit, but most towns and villages require registration or prohibit rentals under 30 days. Hempstead, Long Beach, and ma...
Nassau County, NY
Several Nassau County villages restrict short-term rentals to a host's primary residence, prohibiting investor-owned whole-home STRs. Nassau County itself im...
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