Great Neck Estates residents who rent out their homes using websites like Airbnb and HomeAway have a little more time to do so.
With two trustees absent, the Village Board on Monday adjourned a hearing on a proposed ban of short-term rentals of homes in the village.
“This is a relatively weighty matter,” Village of Great Neck Estates Mayor David Fox said. “Since we do not have the full board present, I would like to postpone this to June 13 when the full board will be present so we can get everyone’s opinion on it.”
The proposed law, which was discussed in a public hearing at last month’s board meeting, would prohibit homeowners from renting their homes for fewer than 60 days.
Village officials have said transient rentals would impact residents’ quality of life and decrease the inventory of available long-term rentals in the village.
But while the board said they believed the proposed law would benefit the village, some residents have said they found it “restrictive.”
One resident suggested the village impose a registration fee for homeowners interested in subletting their homes for short periods and impose inspection requirements regarding safety and fire management.
The public hearing will continue on June 13.
Also at the meeting, the board voted to again adjourn a public hearing on a proposal to demolish the First Playhouse Theater and replace it with an apartment complex.
Fox said the applicant asked for the adjournment to the June 13 meeting in hopes that the Nassau County Department of Public Works would approve a traffic control plan.
“We still cannot get the county to finalize a plan,” he said. “This is after going there, meeting with them and we have sat there for hours.”
“We are hopeful they are going to make some sort of decision,” Fox added.
He that until the county approves the plan, the village could not vote on the application.
The board also voted to authorize up to $34,000 for maintenance work on Village Hall.
“We know, and we have been talking about this for a year, that the exterior of this building needs major work,” Fox said.
He said the village needed to replace rotted wood, repair windows and repaint the building, as well as some other maintenance work.
Fox said the board may not need to spend the entire $34,000.
“We think we can get this done for less than this, but it is a reasonable number,” he said. “If it becomes higher, it has to come back to the board anyway.”
The next board meeting is on June 13.
