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Albany County opens formal discussion on short-term rentals after Centennial residents raise housing and safety concerns
Summary
After repeated public complaints from Centennial-area residents about Airbnbs and similar short-term rentals, the Planning and Zoning Commission directed staff to draft zoning definitions and options for regulating short-term rentals, including potential conditional-use rules and the feasibility of requiring a local contact for each rental.
The Albany County Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 12 devoted a major portion of its meeting to public testimony and initial policy discussion about short-term rentals (STRs) in unincorporated Centennial and other rural parts of the county.
Staff prefaced the discussion with a summary of earlier memos and public comments. County legal counsel told the commission that zoning can regulate land uses — allowing, conditionally allowing or prohibiting STRs by zoning district — but cautioned that the county cannot use zoning to create a recurring licensing scheme that requires annual renewal and inspection because a zoning certificate is generally a one-time authorization tied to a use unless…
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