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Montezuma County staff to draft short-term rental permit after officials cite untracked listings and lost lodging tax revenue
Summary
Dawn, Planning Department staff, told the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners that short-term rentals in the county are widespread, largely untracked and may be producing lodgers‑tax revenue that does not reach the county.
Dawn, Planning Department staff, told the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners that short-term rentals (STRs) in the county have grown since 2019 and that the county currently lacks a reliable way to identify, track or ensure compliance for those properties.
"We presented that, all short term rentals should be permitted, tracked," Dawn said, describing the planning department’s prior position. County officials said the volume of listings has increased since COVID and that the current lack of oversight may mean lodgers-tax and other revenues are not being collected.
Don (county official) said prior work in 2019 did not…
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