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Breckenridge Town Council further discussed short-term rental regulations on Tuesday. This time, council members have directed staff to see what parameters could be set for a potential resort classification for exempt properties as well as looking at land-use guidelines to set overlay zones.
An exempt property is a short-term rental property that is registered as a lodge. They include amenities such as a 24-hour front desk, shuttle buses and security, and they operate more closely to a hotel. However, they do still require short-term rental licenses for each unit.
Because they are considered lodges, they do not pay the town’s short-term rental regulatory fee, which is why they’re called “exempt.” Council members agreed that calling them exempt creates confusion and having a name such as a “resort classification” would make more sense since they operate more like a resort than an Airbnb or VRBO. This could include the implementation of certain criteria in order to be considered one of these resort classified properties, council members said. Town staff plan to come back in a future meeting about what exactly those parameters could be, including square footage and other amenities.
I definitely agree we have to change the name,” council member Todd Rankin said. “I’m wondering — for whatever we call it going forward in the future — if we can maybe add an application process to that so there’s a high hurdle to entry. That’s to make sure we’re not having 20 new (resort)-type properties. It should be a very high hurdle.”
In addition to exempt status, council members looked at ways to potentially simplify the zones.
Out town council and their staff are so far out of touch with reality it is laughable, if it wasn't so serious. If it was not for tourism this would be a ghost town.
