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Council amends short-term rental limits, clarifies counting methodology and excludes Solitude Village from certain requirements
Summary
Council adopted two related ordinances updating short-term rental calculations (using dwelling counts tied to water/sewer connections and COs) and exempting Solitude Village from select water/sewer requirements for STR licenses; staff will annually update counts on May 1.
On June 10 the Brighton Town Council adopted amendments to the town’s short-term rental (STR) regulations that (1) clarify how the town counts dwellings used to calculate caps and (2) exclude Solitude Village from certain water/sewer initial-license requirements.
Polly and Jane presented a methodology to count "dwellings" by structures with water/sewer connections and certificates of occupancy as of a defined date (May 1). For Silver Fork, staff reported 206 dwellings as of May 1, 2025, and calculated an STR cap at approximately 31 units under a 15% rule (rounded). The council debated whether to base the calculations on water shares versus active connections and agreed to rely on connections and verified dwelling counts for consistency; Pine Tree counts were left blank in the ordinance to be finalized next month after staff verification.
Council also adopted an ordinance to exclude Solitude Village from certain provisions in Title 5 (water/sewer requirements for initial STR licenses and some renewal provisions), after staff confirmed that Solitude Village units have year-round water access and met the stated criteria.
The council moved and affirmed ordinance 2025-0-06-2 (STR limits) and 2025-0-06-3 (Solitude exclusion). Staff said the ordinance will include explicit dwelling counts and an annual May 1 update to the numbers.
What’s next: staff will finalize Pine Tree dwelling numbers, publish counts in the ordinance language or amend next month, and maintain an annual update process for caps and counts.
