Huntington, NY Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Solo occupant minimum
- 70 square feet of floor area
- Shared-room minimum
- 50 square feet per additional occupant
- Bedroom cap
- No more than 2 bedrooms per unit
- Children exemption
- Under age 5 excluded from occupancy count
- First-offense fine
- $150 to $500
Summary
Huntington sets a minimum floor-area-per-occupant rule for short-term rental bedrooms rather than a flat headcount. Section 160-54(C)(6) requires 70 square feet for a solo occupant and 50 square feet per person when a bedroom holds more than one, and children under five don't count toward the total.
Every bedroom in a short term rental occupied by one (1) person shall contain at least seventy (70) square feet of floor area and every bedroom in a short term rental occupied by more than one (1) person shall contain at least fifty (50) square feet of floor area for each occupant thereof. Children under five (5) years of age shall not be included in the definition or calculation of occupancy; and
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4940543; v75 updated 2026-06-09; through 06-09-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 160-54(C)(6) sets the space-based occupancy standard attached to every short-term rental permit: 'every bedroom in a short term rental occupied by one (1) person shall contain at least seventy (70) square feet of floor area and every bedroom in a short term rental occupied by more than one (1) person shall contain at least fifty (50) square feet of floor area for each occupant thereof,' and 'children under five (5) years of age shall not be included in the definition or calculation of occupancy.'
That per-bedroom formula works together with a hard cap on the number of rentable bedrooms: Section 160-49(G) makes it unlawful to use more than two bedrooms within a dwelling unit for short-term rental, and Section 160-54(C)(7) repeats that no more than two bedrooms, with separate or shared bathrooms, may be utilized. At the application stage, Section 160-52(A)(3) already requires the owner to state 'the number of persons to be accommodated in each short term rental area,' so the Department of Public Safety fixes an occupancy number on the permit itself before any guest ever checks in, based on the square-footage formula and the two-bedroom ceiling.
Violations & Fines
Housing more guests than a bedroom's square footage allows, or renting out a third bedroom, is charged as an Article IV violation under Section 160-73(A)(2): $150 to $500 for a first offense, rising to $750-$2,000 for a third within five years, with each week a continuing violation charged separately. Overcrowding beyond the permitted count is also grounds for the Director to revoke the permit under Section 160-62(D).
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