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Short-term rental rules in Steamboat Springs, CO
How Steamboat 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.
- Zone c hard prohibition new STR licenses
- Zone B numeric subcaps — B1: 5, B2: 20, B3: 18, B4: 17, B5: 12, B6: 10
- Zone a unrestricted partial geography
- Hosted temporary carveouts
- Active enforcement with escalating fines
- 9% voter-approved STR excise tax
Based on: Steamboat Springs Revised Municipal Code Ch.12 Art.IX (STR Licensing) §12-542 et seq. + CDC STR Overlay Zone; Ords
Summary of the rule
New STR licenses prohibited in Zone C (Red); only grandfathered nonconforming continue
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Last reviewed Sep 8, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
Pending legislation
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