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Council approves temporary festival lodging license to house visitors during large events
Summary
Council passed Ordinance 87-15, creating a time-limited festival lodging rental license for use only during city‑designated festivals and surrounding setup/tear‑down days; the ordinance will return for third reading with staff implementation work.
Boulder City Council on second reading approved Ordinance 87-15 to create a new, limited festival lodging rental license intended to expand short-term lodging capacity only when the city issues a festival event license.
The license is modeled on the city’s short-term rental rules but is time-limited and designed for rare, high-attendance festivals. Under the new code language, a property granted a festival lodging license may be used for short-term rentals only during a festival period defined by the city’s festival-event license: up to 10 days before and nine days after a festival, and the ordinance caps eligible use at up to 29 days in a calendar year (the council removed the word “consecutive” during the meeting so the days may be noncontiguous).
Why it matters: The ordinance was developed after Boulder secured a major festival commitment and staff said the license is intended to add regulated lodging supply for high-attendance events without changing year-round short-term…
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