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Short-term rental rules in South Fork, CO
How South Fork 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.
- Per-division cap: 13% of housing units per division
- Hard numeric STR quota by division (denser divisions 1/4/8 excepted)
- STR license required with life-safety inspection
- no primary-residence requirement
Based on: Town of South Fork Municipal Code, Ch. 16 Land Use & Development — Short-Term / Vacation Rental regulations; Ord. No.
Summary of the rule
South Fork Municipal Code § 16-6-120(c): 'The Board of Trustees have established twelve (12) Short-Term Rental divisions within the Town of South Fork. (1) Short-Term Rental percentages are capped at thirteen percent (13%) of the total number of housing units within those divisions; except, divisions 1, 4 and 8. (2) Divisions 1, 4 and 8 have been designated as high-capacity Short-Term Rentals ... (3) Divisions 1, 4 and 8 do not have an established percentage cap. (4) Cap limits shall be reflected as a whole number ... Caps of thirteen percent (13%) are acceptable. Caps of fourteen percent (14%) are not acceptable.' Per-division 13% housing-unit quota = supply device foreclosing whole-home STR growth once a division is full.
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