October 19, 2026 Town Board Meeting, Oct 19, 2026 — Agenda

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Town Board of the Town of Hamburg
October 19, 2026 Meeting
4.26. Town of Hamburg Short-Term Rental Law SEQR Resolution

WHEREAS, the Hamburg Town Code contains and specifies the local laws and ordinances of the
Town of Hamburg; and

WHEREAS, the Town of Hamburg recognizes that requests for short-term rentals have increased in the
Town over the past couple of years; and

WHEREAS, short-term rentals can cause public nuisance and public safety issues when they are not
properly registered, licensed, inspected, and enforced; and

WHEREAS, the Town currently does not have a short-term rental law in Town Code, and the Town
Board desires to have a law that regulates the short-term rental of dwelling units within the Town of
Hamburg to establish comprehensive registration and licensing regulations to safeguard the public
health, safety and welfare by regulating and controlling the use, occupancy, oversight and maintenance
of short-term rental properties; and

WHEREAS, the Code Review Committee has reviewed the current bed-and-breakfast law regulations
of § 280-332, reviewed precedent short-rental laws of neighboring and similar size municipalities,
drafted a new short term rental law, and has sent these suggested revisions for the Town Board to begin
the adoption process; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law, the Town Board is proposing to enact a local law
as follows:

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Hamburg, New York, that the Hamburg Town Board
amends the Hamburg Town Code as follows (full copies attached):

  Adding a new article “Article LXI Short-Term Rentals”.

WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on October 5th, 2026, for discussion and public comment
concerning adoption of this proposed local law; and

WHEREAS, this proposed local law amendment was referred to Erie County through the 239-m referral
process and received no objections; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Part 617 of the implementing regulations pertaining to Article 8 (State
Environmental Quality Review Act - SEQR) of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Hamburg
Town Board established itself as SEQR Lead Agency for this Type I action; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has completed the FEAF (Parts 1, 2, and 3) and solicited input from the
public and from other Involved and Interested agencies, and has taken a hard look at the social,
economic, and environmental impacts of the adoption of the proposed Code change; and

WHEREAS, the findings of this review indicate that the proposed Code change will not adversely affect
the natural resources of the State and/or the health, safety and welfare of the public.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Hamburg Town Board, as Lead Agency has determined
that the adoption of the short-term rental law will not result in any significant adverse impacts on the

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