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Erie staff say lodging tax would apply to short‑term rentals under Colorado law; licensing, collection and enforcement questions remain
Summary
Staff told the council that Colorado lodging‑tax rules require coverage of stays of 30 days or less, meaning a town lodging tax would apply to short‑term rentals as well as hotels. Council members asked how collection, licensing and enforcement would work and asked staff to scope administrative costs before deciding whether to include a lodging tax on a near‑term ballot.
Town staff told the council that state law requires a lodging tax to cover any lodging rented 30 days or less, which alters the framing of a previously discussed ballot question that had been conceived to apply only to a future hotel.
"A lodging tax in the state of Colorado has to cover any lodging that is 30 days or less," Gabby Ray, the town’s director of communications and community engagement, explained. Staff and a departmental director present said that means a lodging‑tax question would necessarily include short‑term rentals if the town adopted such a tax.
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