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Short-term rental rules in Colorado Springs, CO
How Colorado Springs regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- Non-owner-occupied STRs prohibited in single-family zoning districts (new applications after 12-26-2019)
- 500-foot dispersion required between non-owner-occupied STRs in all other zones
- Owner-occupied STR requires physical occupancy at least 185 days/year
- Annual permit tied to owner; expires on sale/transfer, non-transferable
Based on: City Code Ch. 7, Art. 5, Part 17 (Short Term Rentals; cited City Code 7.5.1702 / 7.5.1704.F); owner/non-owner
Summary of the rule
Non-owner occupied short term rental unit permit applications submitted after 12-26-2019 are not permitted in single-family zoning districts (R-E, R-1 6, R-1 9, and Single-Family PDZs).
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