Huntington, NY Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Town Code Chapter 160, Article IV governs short-term rentals in the Town of Huntington (outside the incorporated villages of Huntington Bay, Lloyd Harbor, Northport and Asharoken, which run their own codes). Under § 160-61(D), the Director may deny a short term rental permit application, or a renewal, if "the property owner had a previous short term rental permit revoked by the Town of Huntington," so a single prior revocation follows the owner into future applications. " A remedied owner must also pay a $150 reapplication fee.

Separately, § 160-73(A)(2) sets a graduated fine ladder tied directly to repeat violations of Article IV: a first offense runs $150 to $500, a second offense committed within five years of the first runs $500 to $750, and a third or subsequent offense within that five-year window runs $750 to $2,000, with each week a violation continues counted as a separate offense. Under § 160-73(B), the Town's Bureau of Administrative Adjudication applies this same escalating range when it, rather than a criminal court, adjudicates the violation.

Revocation itself follows the grounds in § 160-62, including issuance based on a false statement, failure to keep occupying the property as a primary residence, or creating a hazard or nuisance as determined by the Director, with written notice and a hearing before the Director of Public Safety's Bureau under §§ 160-64 through 160-66.