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City has no short-term rental regulations, planning director and staff tell Board of Adjustment
Summary
Board members and the planning director said the city has not adopted short-term rental (Airbnb) regulations and the council has not directed staff to pursue enforcement, citing resource constraints for small municipalities.
During announcements, a board member and planning staff told residents and the board that Cheyenne currently does not regulate short-term rentals such as Airbnbs.
A board member advised neighbors concerned about short-term rentals to contact their city council members because, as staff noted, the city has no regulations to deny short-term rentals at present. “Currently, the city does not regulate Airbnbs at all,” a staff member said.
Planning and development director Charles Bloom, who participated online, said the city and council have discussed short-term rentals during annual reviews but have not directed staff to implement regulations. Bloom said enforcement and administration of short-term rental rules can demand substantial staff time and resources, which is a practical challenge for smaller municipalities. “We treat them simply as short term leases,” Bloom said.
Board members and staff agreed that residents who want regulation should raise the issue with elected council members; no regulatory proposal was put forward during the meeting.
