{"id":22539,"date":"2020-04-22T16:35:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T22:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64303"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:35:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T22:35:59","slug":"residents-fret-over-lodging-violations-amid-county-state-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/residents-fret-over-lodging-violations-amid-county-state-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents fret over lodging violations amid county, state orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/DSC_3833-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/DSC_3833-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/DSC_3833-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/DSC_3833-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/DSC_3833-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/DSC_3833-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>The Daven Haven Lodge in Grand Lake announces that it is closed for the duration of the statewide stay-at-hold order. The county has restricted short-term lodging through April 30, but some citizens have reported violations across the county.<\/strong><br \/><em>Amy Golden \/ agolden@skyhinews.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Three weeks after Grand County set up an online form for reporting violations of the state and county\u2019s public health orders, short-term rentals and lodging in general are generating most of the complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Through an open records request, the Sky-Hi News obtained 12 complaints submitted online via the county\u2019s portal for reporting violations of the state and county public health orders.<\/p>\n<p>Of the complaints obtained, two thirds related to lodging or short-term rentals across Winter Park, Fraser, Granby and elsewhere. Some people simply reported that lodging was being advertised online, while others said they witnessed actual violations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live full time above the violators,\u201d one complaint in Winter Park said. \u201cThey are still here partying even.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-county-squashes-short-term-rentals-until-april-30\/\">Grand County Public Health<\/a> has restricted short-term lodging to essential workers only or for quarantine purposes, whether the lodging is camping, Airbnbs or hotels. Put in place April 2, the order remains in effect until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/county-cautiously-working-to-reopen-in-line-with-state\/\">at least April 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence of the violations varied in the available reports. When asked who else might have witnessed a short-term rental violation, one report answered, \u201cMy entire street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the reports may have come from self-isolating citizens who have extra time to search for advertising that does not comply with the county\u2019s requirements. The county requires any running ads for short-term rentals to mention the rental is not available for the term of the order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found it while browsing the internet in quarantine,\u201d said one report about an ad for a Grand Lake rental.<\/p>\n<p>Reports can be submitted via <a href=\"http:\/\/co.grand.co.us\/violation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">co.grand.co.us\/violation<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>, but law enforcement officials have said they will not investigate anonymous complaints or complaints with insufficient detail. The reports have been prioritized in order of their seriousness and the risk posed to people\u2019s overall health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot all complaints will be investigated and, due to other demands and staffing challenges related to COVID-19, it is likely agencies will be unable to follow up on each complaint,\u201d officials noted on the county\u2019s reporting portal.<\/p>\n<p>Other complaints the county has received include concerns over a man returning from an out of state vacation. Two reports referenced the man\u2019s social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has posted on social media that he is not planning on isolating, but will \u2018be careful,\u2019\u201d one said. \u201cMy concern is that he is coming from a hotspot into our small community with limited resources. These kinds of reckless actions could compromise our small community to a potential outbreak if he continues with his plans to not isolate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two reports made it clear this man has a large social media following and many people voiced their concerns to remind him of the regulations. However, both said they didn\u2019t believe the man intended to heed these warnings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very concerning to many people who have seen it!\u201d said the other report.<\/p>\n<p>Another complaint outlined concerns about the busyness on Granby\u2019s main street, which the reporter thought was too busy for the statewide stay at home order.<\/p>\n<p>Asked for evidence of a violation, the petitioner simply said: \u201cLook at the d\u2013n road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/residents-fret-over-lodging-violations-amid-county-state-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daven Haven Lodge in Grand Lake announces that it is closed for the duration of the statewide stay-at-hold order. The county has restricted short-term lodging through April 30, but some citizens have reported violations across the county.Amy Golden \/ agolden@skyhinews.com Three weeks after Grand County set up an online form for reporting violations of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 12:43:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}