Clear Creek staff outline residency verification, enforcement steps for short‑term rental program

Planning and Building Services staff on Oct. 21 told the Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners they will adopt new administrative procedures to verify primary‑residence short‑term rental (STR) licenses after complaints, and clarified how denials and revocations would be handled.

The department’s review authority presentation, led by David Danielson, described a complaint‑triggered workflow: when someone reports a suspected nonresident STR, staff would notify the property owner within 10 business days and request additional evidence such as local debit/credit card transactions, gas or grocery receipts or other documentation “that a reasonable person would expect to see if someone were living in Clear Creek County.” After review the department would determine whether the primary‑residence license should remain, be denied or be revoked. Property owners and responsible agents would…