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Short-term rental rules in Ridgway, CO
How Ridgway 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.
- Hard townwide cap: 50 short-term rental licenses at any one time
- STR license required with health/safety inspection (ministerial)
- owner-occupied single-bedroom rentals exempt from the cap
- no primary-residence requirement on the capped licenses
Based on: Ridgway Municipal Code Ch. 8 (Licensing), Section 5 Short-Term Rentals (§§8-5-1 to 8-5-4) — Section enacted by Ord.
Summary of the rule
Verbatim: 'The total number of short-term rental licenses in the Town shall be limited to 50 at any one time. The short-term rental of a single bedroom inside an owner-occupied dwelling unit shall not be counted toward the maximum number of licenses to be issued.'
Last reviewed Sep 16, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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