Can you Airbnb in Ardsley (Village), NY?

What the rules say in Ardsley (Village)

• Zoning is permissive: § 200-5 requires every use of land or buildings to conform to the district regulations, and uses not listed as permitted are not allowed (the business districts state this expressly).
• R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential districts (§§ 200-6, 200-14, 200-22, each amended 4-6-2026 by L.L. No. 4-2026) permit only one-family dwellings, churches, public parks, nonprofit schools, accessory uses that do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business, and home occupations; no transient-lodging use is listed.
• § 200-2 defines TOURIST HOME as 'a dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation' and BOARDINGHOUSE as 'any dwelling in which one or more persons... are housed or lodged for hire' (including bed-and-breakfasts and rooming houses); paid transient occupancy of a dwelling therefore falls under use categories no district permits.
• § 200-2 (HOME OCCUPATION) expressly excludes bed-and-breakfast establishments, boardinghouses, tourist homes and rooming houses from the home-occupation allowance in residential districts.
• The B-2 Special Business District expressly prohibits 'Hotel,' 'Motel,' 'Tourist home' and 'Camps' (§ 200-74); B-1 (§ 200-65) and B-3 (§ 200-80.2) have closed permitted-use lists with no lodging uses and catch-all prohibitions of unlisted uses.
• Accessory dwelling units may not be listed for short-term rental; the minimum rental or lease period is 180 days (maximum three years), the owner must occupy the property, and ADUs are capped at 50 village-wide (§ 200-100.27, added 12-19-2022 by L.L. No. 9-2022).
• The Village imposes a 3% hotel/motel occupancy tax (Ch. 180, Art. VIII, effective 3-1-2017) on rent for hotel occupancy, with 'hotel' including boarding houses; this is a tax provision, not a zoning authorization.
• There is no STR registration, permit, or rental-licensing law anywhere in the Village Code (current through the 4-6-2026 local law); a full-text search finds 'short-term rental' only in the ADU article.

Sources: Village of Ardsley Code (eCode360) - table of contents; Ardsley Zoning § 200-2 Definitions (tourist home, boardinghouse, hotel, family, home occupation); Ardsley Zoning Art. II §§ 200-3 to 200-5 (compliance with district regulations required); Ardsley Zoning § 200-6 R-1 District permitted uses (as amended by L.L. 4-2026); Ardsley Zoning § 200-14 R-2 District permitted uses; Ardsley Zoning § 200-22 R-3 District permitted uses; Ardsley Zoning § 200-65 B-1 District permitted uses (all other uses prohibited); Ardsley Zoning § 200-74 B-2 District prohibited uses (hotel, motel, tourist home); Ardsley Zoning § 200-80.2 B-3 District uses (unlisted uses deemed prohibited); Ardsley Zoning Art. XIIB Accessory Dwelling Units incl. § 200-100.27 (ADU short-term rental ban, 180-day minimum lease); Ardsley Code Ch. 180 Art. VIII Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax (3% tax; hotel includes boarding house); Ardsley Code Ch. 156 Property Maintenance (no rental registration provisions). Last reviewed 2026-07.