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County to re-advertise proposed short‑term rental zoning changes after resident feedback
Summary
Sweetwater County planning staff will rework and re-advertise proposed language amendments to the 2015 zoning resolution on short-term rentals after mixed resident feedback; the board approved re-advertising and left a separate zoning-permit fee increase for later consideration.
Sweetwater County planning staff told commissioners on Feb. 17 they had received extensive public comment on proposed short‑term rental regulations and recommended reworking the language before continuing the approval process.
Cassidy Brown, a county planner, said the proposed changes drew strongly divergent views: some residents—particularly in more rural areas such as Farson—said the rules were too restrictive for people who rent seasonally for hunting or vacation income, while residents in more populated areas such as the Washam neighborhood opposed proliferation of short-term rentals where infrastructure and law-enforcement presence are lighter. "As we've gone through this process, we've had quite a few comments come in and some meetings with different residents where I would really like to have a chance to take what I proposed back through PNC and do some amendments to address the issues that they've brought up," Brown said.
Brown also noted a separate proposal in the package to raise zoning-permit fees from $50 to $100; she said that is the only part of the package not directly tied to short‑term rental rules. Commissioners agreed to send the draft back to planning and zoning for revisions and re-advertising to allow a fresh public-comment period; the motion to re-advertise passed unanimously.
The board emphasized outreach and additional community meetings before the proposal returns for formal hearings.
