Huntington, NY Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

The Town of Huntington created its short-term rental program in 2017 (Local Law No. 29-2017) as Chapter 160, Article IV of the Town Code, and Section 160-49(A) makes it unlawful to 'use, establish, maintain, operate, occupy, rent or lease any property as a short term rental' without first obtaining a short-term rental permit; failing or refusing to get one is itself an Article IV violation. The rule applies only to owner-occupied one- and two-family homes and legal accessory dwelling units rented for under 30 consecutive days without meals served; hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfast inns, boarding houses and multiple dwellings are excluded under the Section 160-48 definitions.

To apply, the owner files with the Department of Public Safety under Section 160-52 and pays a nonrefundable $50 application fee per property. The packet must include proof of ownership, government-issued photo ID for every owner, a notarized certification that no meals are served and the property is the owner's domicile, a floor plan, and the number of dwelling units, bedrooms and persons to be housed. A permit runs for one year under Section 160-51 and renews for $25 under Section 160-53; a lapsed permit triggers the original $50 fee plus a $25 late fee.

Section 160-50 also gives the Director of Public Safety a rebuttable presumption tool: listing a property on Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO or any similar site, or advertising it for lease under 30 days by any other means, is presumptive evidence the property is being run as a short-term rental even absent a permit application.