HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 06-23ORDINANCE NO. 06-23
AN ORDINANCE FOR A SIX-MONTH MORATORIUM ON NEW BED AND
BREAKFAST INN BUSINESS LICENSES
WHEREAS, bed and breakfast inns are a distinct category of business license
under the Estes Park Municipal Code, similar to a vacation home but requiring an on -site
manager to reside on the premises; and
WHEREAS, the Town has extensive regulations for vacation homes and less
extensive regulations for bed and breakfast inns; and
WHEREAS, the Town is concerned that property owners will begin imminently to
attempt to use bed and breakfast inn business licenses for businesses that more closely
resemble vacation homes, in order to avoid vacation home regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Town therefore faces an urgent need to update its bed and
breakfast inn business license regulations to ensure they are applied in a way that
matches the Town's intent for the category; and
WHEREAS, the Town desires to enact a temporary moratorium, effective May 23,
2023, to give it the opportunity to update its bed and breakfast inn regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Effective beginning May 23, 2023, and continuing until November 23,
2023 or until earlier terminated by the Board of Trustees, the Town shall neither accept
nor process applications for new bed and breakfast inn business licenses as described in
chapter 5.20 of the Municipal Code, nor issue new such licenses. Any required renewals
of existing licenses may occur as provided in the Code. The purpose of this moratorium
is to allow the Town time to develop new regulations for bed and breakfast inns. Any
application for a bed and breakfast inn business license pending as of May 23, 2023 or
at any time during this moratorium carries with it no right to approval under preexisting
regulations. If ordinances change while such an application is pending, the application
would be evaluated under the terms of the new ordinances.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days after
its adoption and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park,
Colorado this Z3 day of Ma , 2023.
TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO
By: /1.C/1r
Mayo
ATTEST:
Clerk
|heneby certify that the above Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Board
ofTrustees onthe "�951^ day of AlAq . 2023 and published by title in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, on thelLl�"day of
. 2023. all as required bythe Statutes ofthe State ofColorado.
n Clerk
APPROVED ASTDFORM:
Town Attorney