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Short-term rental rules in Telluride, CO
How Telluride 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 license cap (Question 2D) — expired 2023-11-02
- Residential-zone 29-day, 3-rental-per-year cap — supply constraint
- Commercial core classic license uncapped
- Five tier license taxonomy
Based on: Telluride Municipal Code Ch.6-1 (STR licensing incl. 6-1-35 Cumulative STR Limitations) + Land Use Code Art.3 Div.6
Summary of the rule
Residential-zone STR properties may have at most 3 short-term rental occasions and 29 total nights per calendar year; these limits attach to the PROPERTY and do NOT reset on sale. Classic licenses (nonresidential zone) differ.
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