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Council approves festival lodging license for large events, including Sundance visit
Summary
The council passed an ordinance creating a time-limited festival lodging license to allow owners to rent properties during city‑designated festivals; staff will finalize a festival-event definition and an online application and will monitor impacts on housing and hotels.
Boulder City Council approved Ordinance 87 15 on second reading to create a festival lodging rental license that allows property owners to rent dwelling units during city‑designated festivals for a capped number of days per calendar year.
The council voted 7–1 in favor of the measure. Councilmember Adams cast the lone recorded no vote.
The license is modeled on the city’s short‑term rental program but is limited to festival periods set by a future festival‑event license the city will define administratively. Under the ordinance as adopted, property owners may use the festival license for up to 29 days per calendar year (10 days before a qualifying festival, the festival period itself, and nine days after) and the license would be valid for four years. The city will collect short‑term‑rental taxes on nights rented under the…
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