182.2020 LL 5 Short Term Rentals
RESOLUTION ADOPTING LOCAL LAW NO.: 5 OF 2020 TO AMEND
QUEENSBURY TOWN CODE BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 115
ENTITLED “SHORT-TERM RENTALS”
RESOLUTION NO.: 182, 2020
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to adopt regulations relative to short-
term rentals to help to ensure public health, safety and well-being within the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has prepared proposed Local Law No.: 5 of 2020, a “Local
Law Regulating Short-Term Rentals in the Town of Queensbury,” and
WHEREAS, New York State Municipal Home Rule Law §20 requires the Town Board to
hold a public hearing prior to the adoption of any Local Law, and the Town Board duly held a public
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hearing concerning such proposed Local Law on Monday, May 18, 2020 and heard all interested
persons,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby adopts Local Law No.: 5 of 2020, a
“Local Law Regulating Short-Term Rentals in the Town of Queensbury,” to amend its Town
Code by adding a new Chapter 115 entitled, “Short-Term Rentals,” substantially in the form
presented at this meeting, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk
to file the Local Law with the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of
the Municipal Home Rule Law and acknowledges that the Local Law will take effect immediately
upon filing with the Secretary of State, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Director of Planning, Zoning and Code Compliance, Director of Building and Codes Enforcement,
Town Counsel and/or Town Clerk to take such other and further actions as may be necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 18 day of May, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone
NOES: None
ABSENT: None