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Short-term rental rules in Crested Butte, CO
How Crested Butte 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.
- Townwide cap: 199 unlimited vacation-rental licenses
- Per owner limit 1 license
- Two tier unlimited vs primary occupancy
- Unlimited min 30 nights use it or lose it
Based on: Crested Butte Municipal Code — Vacation Rental Licensing (Unlimited + Primary Occupancy); Ord. No. 5 Series 2026
Summary of the rule
199 total Unlimited Vacation Rental licenses town-wide (verbatim §6-5-40(d)(2)f: 'A total maximum number of one hundred ninety nine (199) unlimited vacation rental licenses will be allowed within the Town'). Per-owner limit = 1 license (§6-5-40(d)(2)e).
Last reviewed Sep 8, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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