{"id":804119,"date":"2020-02-12T17:39:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T00:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378937"},"modified":"2020-02-12T17:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T00:39:55","slug":"breckenridge-to-tighten-deed-restrictions-on-accessory-dwelling-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-to-tighten-deed-restrictions-on-accessory-dwelling-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge to tighten deed restrictions on \u2018accessory dwelling units\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 At the Breckenridge Town Council work session Tuesday, Feb. 11, council discussed tightening the ordinance that requires accessory dwelling units, also called accessory apartments, to be deed restricted to people who work at least 30 hours in the county.<\/p>\n

This piece of the development code was added in February 2019, but town planner Jeremy Lott said it has been difficult to enforce. He said units have been built that do not technically meet the code standard for an accessory apartment but can be used as \u201clock off\u201d units that have small kitchens. <\/p>\n

\u201cStaff is proposing changes to the existing development code to make the accessory apartment policy more enforceable and reduce the likelihood of the town approving primary unit designs that could be easily converted into a separate \u2018lock-off\u2019 units,\u201d Lott wrote in a memo to council. \u201cThe primary focus of the code changes is to minimize the potential for the proliferation of additional short-term rentals, while still encouraging the use of accessory dwelling units for workforce housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the proposed tighter restrictions, Mayor Eric Mamula remained concerned about the enforceability of the code as well as the fact that the code does not allow a homeowner\u2019s family members to stay in the unit unless they meet the workforce requirement. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going around Christmas week telling people they can\u2019t have their families in this unit,\u201d Mamula said. \u201cI don\u2019t like to create difficult enforcement things. I think that\u2019s difficult on the staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council member Dick Carleton also was concerned about enforceability.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still based on the honor system until we audit somebody,\u201d Carleton said.<\/p>\n

Town Manager Rick Holman countered that the requirement likely will discourage people from building these types of units in the first place. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s better than not doing anything,\u201d council member Wendy Wolfe agreed. \u201cIt\u2019s going to at least give some pause to this short-term rental explosion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Planning staff said the goal of updating the code is to close loopholes in the definition of accessory apartments.<\/p>\n

At the end of the discussion, Mamula said staff could move forward if it wanted to take on the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould that be a paid gig to go around to these units?\u201d council member Jeffrey Bergeron asked, jokingly. \u201cI\u2019d go around on my e-bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 At the Breckenridge Town Council work session Tuesday, Feb. 11, council discussed tightening the ordinance that requires accessory dwelling units, also called accessory apartments, to be deed restricted to people who work at least 30 hours in the county. This piece of the development code was added in February 2019, but town planner […]<\/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":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-22 22:58:15","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}