Ulster County
Ulster County STR rules: the town-by-town overview
A plain-language walk through occupancy tax, registration, and how each town's law layers on top, with links to the official documents.
Regulation guides
Can you legally rent short-term in Ulster County?
Usually yes, but the rules differ town by town: registration, permits, caps, and occupancy tax. We work under these rules ourselves and walk every owner through their town's requirements. Local laws change, so confirm the current rule with your town before you list.
County guide
What do the county-level rules cover?
Occupancy tax and registration sit at the county level, and each town sets its own short-term-rental law on top. Ulster County does not ban short-term rentals; the towns decide how they are permitted, so your town's own law is what governs your house.
Town-by-town
Do the rules change from town to town?
Yes, and that is the part that catches owners out. Registration, permits, caps, and owner-occupancy requirements are written town by town, so the answer for your house depends on which town it sits in. Below is a plain summary where we have one; always confirm the current rule with the town itself.
Saugerties
STR rules in Saugerties
Saugerties requires short-term-rental registration under Local Law 2 of 2022. The Town Board retains the right to cap the number of permits issued, and non-owner-occupied rentals carry additional requirements.
Source: Local Law 2 of 2022. Confirm current requirements with the town.
Woodstock
Woodstock rules
A dedicated Woodstock guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Woodstock, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Kingston
Kingston rules
A dedicated Kingston guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Kingston, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Accord
Accord rules
A dedicated Accord guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Accord, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Pine Bush
Pine Bush rules
A dedicated Pine Bush guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Pine Bush, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Kerhonkson
STR rules in Kerhonkson
Kerhonkson falls within the Town of Rochester, where short-term transient rental is treated as an accessory use to single- and two-family homes. Rochester caps the number of new non-owner-occupied permits; there is no cap on owner-occupied units.
Source: Town of Rochester STR law. Confirm current requirements with the town.
Hurley
Hurley rules
A dedicated Hurley guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Hurley, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
West Hurley
West Hurley rules
A dedicated West Hurley guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers West Hurley, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Stone Ridge
Stone Ridge rules
A dedicated Stone Ridge guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Stone Ridge, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
High Falls
High Falls rules
A dedicated High Falls guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers High Falls, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
New Paltz
New Paltz rules
A dedicated New Paltz guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers New Paltz, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Marbletown
Marbletown rules
A dedicated Marbletown guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Marbletown, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Gardiner
Gardiner rules
A dedicated Gardiner guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Gardiner, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
The Berkshires
The Berkshires rules
A dedicated The Berkshires guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers The Berkshires, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Stockbridge
Stockbridge rules
A dedicated Stockbridge guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Stockbridge, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Great Barrington
Great Barrington rules
A dedicated Great Barrington guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Great Barrington, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
Catskills
Catskills rules
A dedicated Catskills guide is on the way. In the meantime, the county guide covers Catskills, and we will point you to the current rule for your house.
The fastest authoritative answer is always your town's building or planning department. We will point you to the current regulation for your town if we know it, and say so plainly if we do not.
Not sure what applies to your house?
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