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City staff outline licensing, zoning and tax steps for short-term rentals; estimated 2024 tax revenue small
Summary
Planning staff proposed code changes to license and regulate short-term rentals (STRs), including lodging licenses and zoning performance standards. Staff estimated current platform-collected sales tax at $6,550 for 2024 and said full licensing including lodging tax would have generated an additional $7,321.
City planning staff presented a draft framework for licensing and regulating short-term residential rentals (STRs) at the April 14 council meeting, outlining municipal code amendments, zoning performance standards and a licensing process administered through the city’s sales-tax office.
Scott Hobson, acting director of community development, explained that Pueblo currently has no specific licensing procedure for short-term rentals and that the lodging code (Title 9, Chapter 5) is silent on residential short-term rentals. He said city staff would need to amend both the lodging and the land-use code (Title…
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