Can you Airbnb in Larchmont (Village), NY?

What the rules say in Larchmont (Village)

• No STR-specific chapter, permit, or registration exists in the village code; regulation flows from the zoning use structure (Ch. 381).
• Zoning is permissive: § 381-3A bars any use of land or buildings "except in conformity with the use regulations herein prescribed," so uses not listed are not allowed.
• In every one-family residence district (R-30, R-20, R-15, R-12.5, R-10, R-7.5, R-5) and the W Waterfront district, permitted uses are only one-family dwellings, municipal uses, schools, and houses of worship; the sole lodging allowance is the accessory use "boarders or roomers, but not more than two, and only by the family resident on the premises" (§§ 381-14 through 381-20, 381-23). That permits hosted, owner-present room rentals to at most 2 paying guests.
• Keeping more than two boarders/roomers is prima facie evidence of a boardinghouse or rooming house (§ 381-7 definitions), and boardinghouses/rooming houses are permitted only in the MF Multifamily, RB and RC commercial districts (§§ 381-21, 381-25, 381-26).
• "Bed-and-breakfast" (a dwelling providing overnight lodging for transient paying guests) and "hotel" are defined in § 381-7 but appear in no district's permitted or special-permit use list, so dedicated transient lodging in a dwelling is not a permitted use anywhere in the village.
• A dwelling is defined as occupied "for residential purposes by one family" (a single nonprofit housekeeping unit); there is no explicit duration or non-transient test, so whole-home rentals sit in an interpretive gray zone, but renting a home out to transient paying guests most closely matches the unpermitted B&B/rooming-house categories.
• Separate from zoning: Westchester County levies a 3% hotel/room occupancy tax on stays under 90 nights with county registration required, and the NYS Multiple Dwelling Law bars un-hosted sub-30-day rentals in Class A multiple dwellings (relevant to the village's MF buildings).
• Verify current status with the Larchmont Building Department (zoning@larchmontny.gov) before operating; the code text inspected is the codification through July 2023 plus the 2023-2024 new-law ledger, none of which adds an STR law.

Sources: Village of Larchmont Code (eCode360, LA0851); Ch. 381 Zoning, Art. II Definitions (§ 381-7: dwelling, family, bed-and-breakfast, boardinghouse, hotel, rooming house); Ch. 381 Zoning, Art. IV Use and Dimensional Regulations (§§ 381-13 to 381-26 district use lists); Ch. 381 Zoning, Art. I General Provisions (§ 381-3 Application of regulations); Ch. 177 Hotels and Clubhouses; Village of Larchmont Building Dept: Zoning and Construction Laws (no STR/rental-registration law listed). Last reviewed 2026-07.