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Custer County conditionally approves several short-term rental permits after fire-safety and boundary requirements
Summary
After hearing contested appeals and planning-commission recommendations, the Board of Commissioners conditionally approved multiple short-term rental permits requiring boundary markers, disabled or secured fire pits, locked accessory buildings and a local registered agent where required.
The Custer County Board of Commissioners considered several short-term rental (STR) permit applications on March 18 and approved them conditionally after discussing fire-safety mitigation, access and neighborhood concerns.
An STR application for a cabin on Drunk Horse Lane (applicant identified in the record as Servastava) came to the board after a split planning-commission vote. The applicant and a local firefighter explained that the property has defensible space and invited the county to require mitigation. Planning commission secretary Mary said the planning commission's recommendation included conditions: removal or disabling of the outdoor fire pit, removal of piled wood and close brush near structures, visible boundary markers described in the house rules, and locked accessory buildings.
Commissioners debated neighbor concerns about the dead-end road and access in an evacuation, but a local firefighter and a planning commission associate stated that equipment access and defensible space were adequate. The applicant agreed to comply with conditions and to have a local registered agent. The board moved and approved the application conditionally, contingent on completion of the specified mitigation and requirements.
The board also considered two other STR applications (listed on the agenda as Nicholas & Skye, and Safford in the Brafton/Highway 69 North area). Planning staff recommended approval for both with conditions similar to those described above (locked accessory structures, no open flames in house rules, visible boundary markers, and a local agent). Commissioners voted to approve both permits conditionally and directed staff to verify compliance with the resolution's conditions.
All approvals were conditional and require documented compliance with the county's short-term rental resolution before the permits are fully effective. If applicants fail to meet the conditions, the county retains enforcement options under its STR rules.
