Ellicottville Town vs Village: Two Separate Caps

Thomas Garner
Aug 19
12 min read

Updated: 19 hours ago

Ellicottville sits in Cattaraugus County as a Town and a Village on the same ski-and-summer map. Holiday Valley and HoliMont are the slopes. Buffalo, Rochester, Pittsburgh, and Toronto are the drive market. The two halls do not share one ordinance. Town Local Law 1-2025 is the Town file. The Village runs a separate ordinance, revised around September 2025. AirROI Low is a scrape signal. It is not either hall. Cattaraugus County Clerk is records and court, not the short-stay window.

The published year stays on this cell. Ellicottville is $26,763 on 58 listings, ADR $388, occupancy 30.1 percent, RevPAR $124, vintage August 2025 through July 2026. Peak months are January, February, and July. March is the hole. Year over year is not available. Professionally managed share is 19.0 percent. Seven listings set 30-plus nights. Stay is 3.3 nights. Lead is 43 days. The 375 cap is a Town file. Do not flatten it onto a Village lot.

Town Clerk Robyn George sits at 1 West Washington Street, PO Box 600, Ellicottville, NY 14731. 716-699-2240. Deputy is Tracy Rozler. Village Clerk and Manager is Amy Hayward at 716-699-4636, extension 2. Village hours have sat Monday through Friday, 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. Hours change. Confirm 2026. Origin city on the extract is Buffalo. Origin is not jurisdiction. Holiday Valley at 6557 Holiday Valley Road does not assign the hall.

Town Clerk Sits at 1 West Washington

The first question is not which slope the guest will book. The first question is which city hall covers the parcel. Town of Ellicottville and Village of Ellicottville are two separate offices on the same village map. A listing that says ski town near Buffalo has not named a clerk. A listing that says Ellicottville when the tax map says Town or Village has not finished the sentence. Pull the parcel before you pull the photography. Parcel may need Town, Village, or both. 58 listings do not merge the two separate offices into one phone.

The drive from Buffalo does not assign the hall. Holiday Valley at 6557 Holiday Valley Road does not assign the hall. HoliMont does not assign the hall. Guests can walk Washington Street and sleep on a Town lot. The clerk cannot.The visitor guidecan name Buffalo as the arrival. The call sheet cannot let the arrival rewrite the deed. Origin city on the extract is Buffalo. Origin is not jurisdiction. Rochester, Pittsburgh, and Toronto are drive market names. They do not assign the hall either.

If the address is ambiguous, stop advertising. Call the Town or the Village that matches the tax map and ask which desk owns the parcel in 2026. Do not ask Town hall to speak for a Village lot. Do not ask the Village clerk to bless a Town driveway you have not confirmed. Do not ask Cattaraugus County Clerk to issue the license. The town is modest. The hall is specific. 58 listings do not make the map optional. Read the map, then dial the phone that matches it. A slope itinerary is not the map.

Town Is

Town of Ellicottville Clerk sits at 1 W Washington Street, P.O. Box 600, Ellicottville, NY 14731. Robyn George is the Town Clerk. Tracy Rozler is deputy. This is the Town desk, not the Village desk and not a Buffalo clerk. Town Local Law 1-2025, adopted February 19, 2025 and effective around March 21, 2025, is the Town file: annual short-term permit, fee $75 to $200 by unit size, 24/7 local contact within 25 miles, $1 million liability, safety inspection, occupancy about two guests per bedroom plus two, fines up to about $1,000 per violation.

The hard cap of 375 Town licenses was formalized April 30, 2026, with 300 already issued and about 75 remaining as of that report. Live remaining slots are unknown this pass. Confirm at the Building Inspector before you treat a slot as open.Startup costsstart here if the map says Town. Do not bring a Buffalo mash. Do not bring Holiday Valley Realty agency inventory as if it were this hall's year. Bring the parcel. Bring the tax card.

There is a published Ellicottville year. It is $26,763 on 58 listings. Do not quote the inspector leftover of about $35,000 to $37,500 as this hall's year. Do not quote Olean or Salamanca. Those towns returned 404 as years. The slope is a guest walk. It is not a license. Walk in with the tax card. Walk out with a yes, a no, or a remaining-slot confirm. The year stays on the extract either way. Occupancy stays 30.1 percent either way. March stays the hole.

Village Clerk Is

Main Town line is. That is the number on the Town contact path this pass. Fax sits on the same hall. Start at. Ask for the clerk or the Building Inspector. Ask which form matches a Town short-term permit. Ask the live remaining count against the 375 cap. The April 30, 2026 report is a dated snapshot. It is not a 2026 afternoon count. Do not lock leftover remaining as current text.

Do not call this number for a Village-only lot you have already confirmed as Village. That is, extension 2. Do not call this number for county court records.The rules fileis the ordinance companion.How to marketshould not print licensed until this line has a file if the driveway is Town. AirROI Low is not this number. Low is a scrape badge. Delete it before you dial. A scrape does not open a Town file and it does not close one. The clerk opens the file.

If nobody answers, try again during posted hours. Do not substitute a Buffalo help line. Do not substitute a platform inbox. Do not substitute a leftover directory for another Ellicottville. This is Ellicottville, New York, Town Clerk, 1 W Washington. Peak-3 on the extract is still January, February, and July after you hang up. March is still the hole. The phone does not publish occupancy. Stay is still 3.3 nights. Lead is still 43 days. File first. Then write the tile. A live tile that says licensed before this line has a file is already wrong.

375 Is a Town Cap

Village of Ellicottville Clerk and Manager is Amy Hayward. The phone is, extension 2. Fax sits on the Village hall. Hours this pass are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. confirm line at draft. The Village clerk page failed SSL on the research pass. The phone came from a Village site snippet. Write the number. Confirm it when you call. This is the Village desk, not the Town desk.

The Village runs a separate short-term ordinance, revised around September 2025. Parcel may need Village, Town, or both. Village stays are confined to designated zoning districts. 2026 enforcement targeted out-of-district operators. May 2026: Building Inspector described 20 to 30 unlicensed listings, with citations issuing. Paying a Town fee does not cure a Village district problem.Buying an Ellicottville rentalshould price that uncertainty before a bid if the district is wrong. A pretty village walk does not move a lot into a district it does not have.

Do not flatten the Town cap of 375 onto this counter as if it were a Village cap. 375 is a Town file. Ask the Village what 2026 still requires on the structure and the district. Bring the parcel, not a Holiday Valley itinerary. Leave Buffalo language off the voicemail. Leave Pine Creek Township off it too. That name is vendor mash, not this village. Ask the live questions. Write down the answer. Then decide whether the lot can enter this cell. A Village no is a no even when Town paper exists on a nearby lot. two separate offices can sit on one street and still disagree.

Village Districts Are a Second Map

The 375 license cap is a Town of Ellicottville file. It was formalized April 30, 2026. The same report said 300 already issued and about 75 remaining. Live remaining is unknown this pass. Confirm at the Building Inspector. Do not write 75 as if it were still sitting on the counter this afternoon. Do not write the cap as a Village number. A Village parcel does not inherit 375 because the guest walked the same Washington Street. A full cap does not lower the extract either.

n=58 is a boutique slice of a 375-cap market. Say so. Fifty-eight AirROI cards are not 375 Town licenses, and they are not the inspector leftover of about two hundred licensed stays.The market extractalready records the cell. This clerk page only refuses to flatten the cap onto the wrong hall. A cap is not occupancy. Occupancy on this extract is 30.1 percent. Typical year is $26,763. A remaining slot does not raise those figures. Occupancy is still 30.1 percent after you hang up.

If a broker packet treats 375 as a Village cap, send the packet back. If a listing treats the cap as proof the field is closed, send the listing back. EVL Rentals runs three cards on this extract. Holiday Valley Realty two-hundred-fifty-plus is local agency inventory, not this fifty-eight card cell. Neither inventory rewrites the Town cap. Confirm remaining slots live. Then decide whether the Town file can even open. A guessed remaining count is not a 2026 confirmation. Write the inspector's name next to the count. A nameless number is still a guess.

Robyn George Is the Town Clerk

Village short-term stays sit on a second map. Designated zoning districts confine the use. 2026 enforcement targeted operators outside those districts. A Town permit, if the parcel also needs one, does not move a lot into a Village district it does not have. Ask the Village clerk which districts still take the use in 2026. Bring the tax card. Do not bring a slope brochure as zoning evidence. Write the Village district the tax card actually names. Typical year remains $26,763.

May 2026 described 20 to 30 unlicensed listings and citations issuing. Occupancy remains 30.1 percent.The DIY filecan wait until the district is legal. Copy is cheaper to rewrite than a listing that never had a Village file. Forward items labeled pending this pass include a multi-unit-on-one-property rule and a 42 Degrees North amortization carve-out. Those items are undecided. Do not write them as current law. An occupancy-tax discussion still needs New York approval. Do not write a local occupancy tax as current either.

A tile that treats AirROI Low as the Village ordinance is already wrong. A tile that treats Town Local Law 1-2025 as the only file on a Village driveway is also wrong. Two maps can sit on one street. Confirm both. If the planner asks what you are doing with the house, say entire-home lodging or say the nights you actually intend. Do not say Buffalo ski condo. Do not say Holiday Valley overflow. The counter files the parcel it can see. A costume name does not move the lot. 58 listings do not move the lot. $26,763 does not move the lot.

Confirm the Parcel Before You Advertise

Parcel is the first line. Confirm whether the driveway sits in the Town, the Village, or both. Confirm that it is not a Buffalo card and not a 404 neighbor you hoped to borrow. Olean, Salamanca, Springville, Little Valley, Franklinville, Allegany, Cuba, East Otto, and Great Valley returned 404 as years. Missing years are not open ordinances. Do not advertise toward a missing cell. Pine Creek Township is vendor mash. Label it. Do not list it as this village. A vendor neighborhood scrape is not a tax map and it is not a clerk.

A tile that names Buffalo as the pin teaches the guest the wrong overnight. A tile that names Ellicottville and then photographs a metro hotel teaches the guest the wrong walk.The marketing fileis where village-walk language belongs after the parcel is right.The shoulder fileis where January, February, and July stay on the calendar. Confirm parcel, then confirm the hall, then write the stay. you can actually reach after the hall has a name. Copy written before the parcel is confirmed is costume.

Do not advertise a Village district path on a Town-only driveway. Do not advertise a Town cap slot on a Village lot the cap does not cover. The two phones exist because the two separate offices do not cover for a metro. A live tile that already named the wrong hall should come down until the hall and the remittance path match the driveway. Copy is cheaper to fix than a tax desk you advertised in public. Transfer on sale is unknown. Do not advertise a transferable license you have not confirmed.

What to Bring to the Desk

Bring the parcel number, the street address, and a simple statement of use: entire home or not, nights you intend to advertise, and whether you already have a live tile. Bring the platform URL if it exists. Bring proof of ownership or authorization. Bring a floor plan only if the hall asks, because occupancy is about two guests per bedroom plus two on the Town file. Do not bring a blended inspector T12. Do not bring slope acres as zoning evidence. The counter wants the lot you actually hold.

For Town hall at, ask whether the parcel is inside the Town, what Local Law 1-2025 still requires, and what remaining count sits against the 375 cap today. For the Village clerk at, extension 2, ask district, Village ordinance, and whether the parcel also needs Town paper. Confirm every answer as 2026.The transfer flagcan wait until the desk has spoken if you are buying. Copy is cheaper to rewrite than a listing that never had a clerk.

Leave with a name, a date, and the next form. If the hall says confirm remaining slots in writing, wait for the writing. The ski-village overnight starts at the counter, not at the lift. Write the answer into the listing packet the same day. A remembered phone call is not a 2026 confirmation. If Town and Village both claim the parcel, stop and get the tax map in writing before either tile or note moves. Carry $26,763 as the year. Carry March as the hole. Carry both phones. Carry transfer as unknown until a clerk writes otherwise.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Town Hall?

1 West Washington Street, PO Box 600, Ellicottville, NY 14731. Town Clerk Robyn George sits at 1 West Washington Street, PO Box 600, Ellicottville, NY 14731. Town of Ellicottville Clerk sits at 1 W Washington Street, P.O. This is Ellicottville, New York, Town Clerk, 1 W Washington. Robyn George is the Town Clerk. For Town hall at, ask whether the parcel is inside the Town, what Local Law 1-2025 still requires, and what remaining count sits against the 375 cap today.

Where is Village clerk?

Hours have sat Monday through Friday 8 to 4. Village hours have sat Monday through Friday, 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. Hours this pass are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. The Village clerk page failed SSL on the research pass. This clerk page only refuses to flatten the cap onto the wrong hall.

Is the 375 cap Village?

Do not flatten it onto a Village lot. Do not flatten the Town cap of 375 onto this counter as if it were a Village cap. Do not write 75 as if it were still sitting on the counter this afternoon. This is the Village desk, not the Town desk. This is the Town desk, not the Village desk and not a Buffalo clerk.

Does Buffalo assign the hall?

Holiday Valley does not assign the hall either. Holiday Valley at 6557 Holiday Valley Road does not assign the hall. The drive from Buffalo does not assign the hall. They do not assign the hall either. HoliMont does not assign the hall. Holiday Valley and HoliMont are the slopes. Do not say Holiday Valley overflow.

County clerk?

Cattaraugus County Clerk is records and court, not the short-stay window. Do not call this number for county court records.The rules fileis the ordinance companion.How to marketshould not print licensed until this line has a file if the driveway is Town. A live tile that says licensed before this line has a file is already wrong.

What is the extract?

Peak-3 January, February, July. Peak-3 on the extract is still January, February, and July after you hang up. A tile that names Ellicottville and then photographs a metro hotel teaches the guest the wrong walk.The marketing fileis where village-walk language belongs after the parcel is right.The shoulder fileis where January, February, and July stay on the calendar.

Parcel needs both?

Town Local Law 1-2025 plus a Village ordinance. For the Village clerk at, extension 2, ask district, Village ordinance, and whether the parcel also needs Town paper. A Town permit, if the parcel also needs one, does not move a lot into a Village district it does not have. A pretty village walk does not move a lot into a district it does not have.

What do I bring?

Then call the desk the map names. Call the Town or the Village that matches the tax map and ask which desk owns the parcel in 2026. If Town and Village both claim the parcel, stop and get the tax map in writing before either tile or note moves. A tile that treats Town Local Law 1-2025 as the only file on a Village driveway is also wrong.

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