Greenport, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 103 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 103-1

A. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Greenport hereby finds that it is in the public interest to provide for an orderly process for identifying, registering and regulating rentals within the Village and to ensure that such rentals (i) meet applicable federal, New York State, county and local laws, including the Uniform Code, (ii) do not adversely affect the residential and community character of the Village, (iii) do not create or cause adverse quality of life issues to the surrounding neighborhood due to unreasonable noise, the creation of public health and safety issues associated with traffic and parking congestion or any other nuisance conditions, and (iv) are in accord with the purposes of this law. B. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Greenport recognizes that in some instances the existence of short-term rentals does provide economic support for Village residents who benefit from rental income and that short-term rentals provide lodging options for visitors to the Village that support the local economy. However, the Board of Trustees hereby also finds that the proliferation of short-term rentals in the Village of Greenport has had a significant negative impact on the Village of Greenport community, including, among other things: (i) contributing to a shortage of full-time residential housing in the Village and an increase in market rental rates, (ii) incentivizing property owners to keep rooms and dwelling units vacant for large periods of the calendar year, (iii) leading to the eviction or displacement of long-term residential tenants in order to convert units that have historically provided full time rental housing into short-term rentals, (iv) adversely impacting the amount of housing available to full-time residents of the Village and persons working in the Village, thereby reducing the number of available volunteers for such functions as emergency workers, board members, scouting leaders and athletic coaches, among others, in the Village, (v) reducing the number of bed and breakfast facilities operating within the Village, (vi) adversely impacting the community character of the Village by introducing a revolving circuit of transient occupants who are not invested in the community and (vii) introducing incompatible commercial activity into residentially zoned districts of the Village. C. The Board of Trustees further finds that in order to minimize the foregoing adverse effects that are associated with short-term rentals, it is necessary to place reasonable restrictions on the ability of owners to utilize dwelling units for short-term rental purposes in order to (1) discourage the negative impacts from commercialization and investor-driven acquisition of dwelling units in the Village as set forth in the intent identified in the findings preceding the adoption of this Local Law 8 of 2025, (2) promote the principal use of dwelling units for residential housing purposes, including, in the case of properties with more than one dwelling unit, maximizing the amount of rental properties available for full-time occupancy by tenants, (3) ensure that the use of a dwelling unit is principally for residential housing purposes and that any use of a dwelling unit for short-term rental purposes is only incidental to the use of such property principally for residential housing purposes, (4) promote accountability of owners in respect of maintenance and operation of properties for short-term rental purposes in order to minimize the negative impacts on community character and health and safety standards and (5) limit the circumvention of local regulations governing rental units in the Village. D. This chapter is intended to adequately address the foregoing findings and intent and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the Village of Greenport.