HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 19 of 2021 STR Amend Chapter 125 by Adding STR Operating Permits STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ONE COMMERCE PLAZA KATHY HOCHUL
99 WASHINGTON AVENUE GOVERNOR
ALBAw,NY 1223i-000l ROBERT J. RODRIGUEZ
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January 19, 2022 JAN 2 4 2022
OWN OF ITHACA
Paulette Rosa TOWN CLERK
Town of Ithaca Clerk
216 N Tioga St
Ithaca NY 14850
RE: Town of Ithaca, Local Law 16, 17, 18, 19 2021, filed on December 31
2021
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TOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO. 19 OF THE YEAR 2021
A LOCAL LAW TO ADD REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATING PERMITS AND
INSPECTIONS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL USES TO THE TOWN OF ITHACA CODE,
CHAPTER 125, TITLED "BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE PREVENTION"
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 125 (Building Construction and Fire Prevention) of the Town of
Ithaca Code, §125-8 titled"Operating permits"is amended as follows:
A. By adding a new subsection A(14)reading as follows:
"(14) All short-term rental uses that are required to have operating permits per Town of
Ithaca Code Chapter 270 (Zoning), §270-219.7.E. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary in this §125-8, the use or offer of such units for short-term rental use
prior to an owner obtaining required operating permits shall be governed by the
applicable provisions of§270-219.7.E."
B. By adding "and all short-term rental uses that are required to have operating permits per
Town of Ithaca Code § 270-219.7.E" to the end of subsection E(1) so that it reads as follows:
"(1)Valid for a period of one year, in the case of any operating permit issued for an area
of public assembly of 100 persons or more,health-care facilities where more than 10
people normally sleep nightly (including hospitals, nursing homes, infirmaries, and
sanitariums), all child and adult day-care centers and facilities, as defined in Chapter
270, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Ithaca, all dormitory buildings, regardless of
the number of sleeping accommodations, and all short-term rental uses that are
required to have operating permits per Town of Ithaca Code § 270-219.7.E;"
Section 2. Chapter 125 (Building Construction and Fire Prevention) of the Town of
Ithaca Code, §125-9 titled"Fire safety and property maintenance inspections," Subsection B is
amended as follows:
A. By adding a new Subsection B(2)reading as follows:
"(2) The Code Enforcement Officer shall conduct fire safety and property maintenance
inspections of all short-term rental uses that are required to have operating permits at
least once every year."
B. By renumbering Subsections B(2) and B(3) to Subsections B(3) and B(4), respectively.
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C. By adding "Inspections of all short-term rental uses that are required to have operating
permits per Town of Ithaca Code § 270-219.7.E shall be conducted pursuant to the applicable
procedures in § 270-219.7.E."to the end of newly renumbered Subsection B(3), so that it
reads as follows:
"(3) Such inspections may be made at any reasonable time. Upon completion of the
inspection, if the Code Enforcement Officer is satisfied that the buildings so inspected
are in compliance with the Uniform Code, the Energy Code, Chapter 270, Zoning,
and other laws of the Town of Ithaca relating to the safety of buildings, the Code
Enforcement Officer shall issue an operating permit, where one is required by § 125-
8, upon payment of the applicable fees for the inspection and the permit. Inspections
for all residential rental dwelling units and accessory dwelling units that are required
to have operating permits per Town of Ithaca Code Chapter 207, Article I (Operating
Permits for Certain Residential Rental Units), or Town of Ithaca Code Chapter 270
(Zoning), § 270-219.6B(2), shall be conducted pursuant to the applicable procedures
in Chapter 207, Article I, or § 270-219.6B(2). Inspections of all short-term rental uses
that are required to have operating permits per Town of Ithaca Code § 270-219.7.E
shall be conducted pursuant to the applicable procedures in § 270-219.7.E."
Section 3. In the event that any portion of this law is declared invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions shall not be affected by such
declaration of invalidity.
Section 4. This local law shall take effect on April 1, 2022.
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