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Sweetwater County starts 45-day comment period on short-term rental permit rules

Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners · December 17, 2025
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County planner proposed a suite of zoning language amendments creating a short-term rental permit (STRP), doubling the zoning-permit fee to $100, adding a 14-day posted notice and 45-day comment process, annual renewals, and a one-block density review as conditional use; commissioners approved a notice of intent to begin public comment.

Sweetwater County planners on Tuesday introduced a formal notice of intent to add short-term rental regulations to the county's 2015 Zoning Resolution, starting a 45-day public comment period.

County planner Cassidy Brown told the Board of County Commissioners the draft establishes a nondiscretionary Short-Term Rental Permit (STRP) for any rental of a dwelling for periods under 30 days, raises the zoning-permit fee from $50 to $100, and requires property posting for 14 days to alert adjacent owners. Brown said the initial STRP would…

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