Redefining Owner Occupied for Short Term Rental Ordinances

Where: Colorado Springs, CO

How is Colorado Springs choosing to define owner occupied? An owner must inhabit the property for more than 185 days per year

What if an owner does not occupy property for more than 185 days per year?

• Not be allowed in single-family residential or single-family planned unit development zoning districts
• In other zoning districts, nonowner occupied units must be separated by 500-foot buffers

Will existing properties be grandfathered in and excepted from the new rules? Yes, as long as they timely file their annual application and fee

Colorado Springs Gazette | Colorado Springs City Council approves more rules for short-term rentals