City Adopts Fees for Short-Term Rental, Vacant Property Registries
One Community Update
March 13, 2024
Source: Press-Republican
The City of Plattsburgh has established annual fee schedules for its recently formed short-term rental and vacant property registries.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRY
Short-term rental owners will now pay a one-year certificate for $350 and for each year following, a renewal certificate for $250.
The original one-year certificate fee, which was set to be approved by councilors at their last meeting, was significantly higher at $500 until Councilor Elizabeth Gibbs (D-Ward 3) suggested an amendment that would lower the rate to $350.
Gibbs also proposed a lower rate of $200 for the renewal fee but Councilor Jeff Moore (D-Ward 6) did not agree.
“I would suggest the annual fee be $250 instead of $200. I think that’s getting a little low on the renewal,” he said.
“Looking at the ones we saw, I think that’s not a very large amount of money.”
VACANT PROPERTY REGISTRY
The vacant property registry fee schedule, also passed by the council at their last meeting, had a slightly different fee structure.
For one and two family vacant properties, an annual $200 fee is required to register; for a multi-family vacant property, an annual $400 fee is required.
For a commercial and mixed-use vacant property, a $500 fee would be required to register for the first year; $1,000 for the second year; and $1,500 per subsequent year.
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