@Walter197
There are so many violations NYC comes up with for transient rentals
To rent in a multidwelling building where you are present you are also supposed to allow access to the whole apartment so the guest technically must be allowed to go into your bedroom for example. There is precendence for enforcement where the host was fined because he did not allow the guest full run of the apartment. I can try to look up the case.
Also check your C of O if you have one, in NYC I believe after 1938 transient rental is a violation of the C of O. Buildings before 1938 do not have C of Os unless they went through a change of use.
In NY/NYC at least they should make a statement as to what laws they are enforcing regarding transient rentals. Just like they do with other laws such as smoking in city parks which is a violation that is not enforced so people know they won’t be ticketed because it is not enforced.
City council members have stated 1 and 2 family buildings are allowed to have transient rentals yet I have heard of city departments coming up with violations such as absence of sprinklers and central fire alarms, they are not necessarily required. For example there are 100s of multistory buildings that were not required to have sprinklers because the code was not in place at the time. There is a case of a hotel that does not have sprinklers that was fined and then subsequently successfully appealed the fine.
it cant be that hard to come up with a list of laws that will be enforced regarding transient rentals. The city does it all the time for other types of violations another example is if a dog defacates on your sidewalk where the dog owner leaves it, the homeowner can get fined for
not cleaning it up. Another, litter 18inches from the curb into the street the homeowner can get fined these are all directly stated on NYC website. So the city makes the violation clear if the offender doesn’t get caught you as the homeowner could be fined.
So why keep the confusion going on at the state and city level do they just want the revenue
that badly? Why not just charge a booking fee that goes to the municipality or make hosts register that meet the municipality conditions why create this situation?
Jersey City, NJ solved this problem surely other municipalities can do the same.