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Senate approves condominium association amendment allowing optional limits on short-term rental guests
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 273, permitting condominium associations to adopt reasonable, non-mandatory guest limits in common areas (pools, tennis courts) to reduce impacts of short-term rentals; the bill passed the Senate 27-0 and will be returned to the House.
The Utah Senate approved House Bill 273, a bill that gives condominium and homeowners associations the option — not a mandate — to place "reasonable" limits on guests from short-term rentals in common areas such as pools and tennis courts.
Senator Van Tassel, the floor sponsor, said the bill responds to problems that followed a 2014 change that prevented associations from treating short-term rentals differently than long-term rentals. "What it does is... they have the ability, it's not mandatory, but they have the ability to limit reasonable guest in the swimming pool area, the tennis courts, and those sort of things," Van Tassel said, noting the limits are intended to reduce disruptive gatherings.
Senator Stevenson and others pressed the sponsor about the practical meaning of "reasonable" and whether associations already had enforcement authority. The sponsor reiterated that the 2014 law created the need for this clarification and that the bill is voluntary and intended to preserve fair treatment while giving associations tools to limit disruptive events.
The clerk recorded the roll call: House Bill 273 "having received 27 yay votes, 0 nay votes" was to be sent back to the House for further consideration.
