{"id":1310242,"date":"2019-05-13T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T01:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=978145"},"modified":"2019-05-13T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T01:55:12","slug":"glenwood-city-council-to-weigh-proposed-new-vacation-rental-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwood-city-council-to-weigh-proposed-new-vacation-rental-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood City Council to weigh proposed new vacation rental rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
Airbnb.com screenshot of a typical sampling of Glenwood Springs vacation rentals.<\/strong>
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After a four-month moratorium on new permits, a survey and a community meeting to gauge public sentiment, Glenwood Springs City Council is set to consider new rules and regulations for vacation rentals Thursday.<\/p>\n

Late last year, council imposed a moratorium concerning the acceptance and processing of any new vacation rental permits. However, that moratorium ended<\/a> on March 14 with the same vacation rental policies still intact as before it was implemented.<\/p>\n

Those policies now include a one-time, $110 application fee in addition to a signed affidavit from the property owner stating that their vacation rental would adhere to safety requirements and other restrictions as outlined in the city\u2019s municipal code.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was disappointed not to see [the moratorium] extended long enough to let staff do their due diligence and to let Council actually come up with the regulations, but we are at that point now,\u201d said Mayor Pro Tem Shelley Kaup, who supported the moratorium.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that it can be a benefit to some residents to help with the affordability of their housing,\u201d she said. \u201cBut, it can also have effects on the character of neighborhoods for people who want to live in a residential neighborhood and know who their neighbors are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kaup acknowledged the rush of applications ahead of the moratorium\u2019s implementation, but believed talk of any new rules or regulations to vacation rentals \u2014 with or without a moratorium \u2014 would have garnered a similar public response.<\/p>\n

Prior to early October last year, when the idea of a moratorium was first discussed, 75 short-term rentals and 13 accessory tourist rentals \u2014 those that have a resident owner on site \u2014 existed.<\/p>\n

By the time the moratorium took effect in mid-November, 119 short-term rentals and 15 accessory tourist rentals were on the city\u2019s map.<\/p>\n

A short-term rental allows a homeowner to rent out their entire residence, whereas an accessory tourist rental permits them the ability to rent out a single bedroom or accessory unit.<\/p>\n

Both short-term and accessory rentals adhere to a rental time period of less than 30 consecutive days.<\/p>\n

According to a recent press release from the city, the Glenwood Springs Planning and Zoning Commission recommends that the city adopt new rules, including:<\/p>\n

\u2022 An initial permit application fee of $300, and a $150 renewal fee every other year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A required building inspection at the time of application, also to be renewed every other year; rather than taking a property owner\u2019s word for it through a signed affidavit.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reducing the percentage of vacation rental units in a single-owner, multifamily building from 25 percent to 10 percent.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Capping short-term rental permits at 10 percent of the city\u2019s total housing stock, or one short-term rental permit for every street block face or every 500 linear feet, whichever applies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people want it resolved,\u201d newly elected City Councilor Paula Stepp said of the prolonged vacation rental debate. \u201cI hope that we can resolve it this Thursday. \u201cI would imagine that there is going to be a lot of community feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n

With respect to penalties, P&Z recommended a $250 fine for a first offense, with an additional fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,000 for each offense thereafter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see this as somewhat like a liquor license or a marijuana license,\u201d Councilor Charlie Willman, who also was elected last month, explained of the proposed penalties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are giving you the ability to conduct a business within the city,\u201d he said. \u201cWith that ability comes reasonable regulation of that activity, and if you\u2019re violating those regulations then you lose your ability to use that license.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed ordinance clarifies that the city\u2019s community development director could revoke a vacation rental permit without following a hearing process.<\/p>\n

The P&Z recommendations were made at a special meeting on Feb. 25, which weighed results of a public survey, input gathered from a community meeting and city staff\u2019s own research.<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airbnb.com screenshot of a typical sampling of Glenwood Springs vacation rentals. After a four-month moratorium on new permits, a survey and a community meeting to gauge public sentiment, Glenwood Springs City Council is set to consider new rules and regulations for vacation rentals Thursday. Late last year, council imposed a moratorium concerning the acceptance and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 08:36:37","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}