HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 12-23ORDNANCE NO.i2-23
ANORDINANCE FOR /kSIX-MONTH MORATORIUM ONNEW BED AND
BREAKFAST INN BUSINESS LICENSES
VVHEREAS, bed and breakfast inns are a distinct category ofbusiness license
under the Estes Park Municipal Code, similar to a vacation home but requiring an on -site
manager toreside onthe premises; and
WHEREAS, the Town has extensive regulations for vacation homes and less
extensive regulations for bed and breakfast inns; and
WHEREAS, the Town isconcerned that property owners will begin imminently 0n
attempt to use bed and breakfast inn business licenses for businesses that more closely
resemble vacation homes, inorder toavoid 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'ointent for the category; and
WHEREAS, the Town previously enacted atemporary moratorium, effective May
23. 2023. to give it the opportunity to update its bed and breakfast inn regulations, and
the update is not yet complete; and
WHEREAS, the Town desires toenact msecond temporary moratorium, effective
November 23. 2023. to give it the opportunity to update its bed and breakfast inn
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE TOWN OFESTESPARK, COLDRADOASFOLLOWS:
Section 1: Effective beginning Novomber23. 2023. and continuing until Nlay23.
2024 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 5.2Oofthe 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 bed and breakfast inn business license pending as ofNovember 23.
2023 or at anytime during this moratorium carries with it no right to approval under
preexisting regulations. If ordinances change while such an application is panding, the
application would beevaluated under the terms cfthe new ordinances.
Section 2:This Ordinance shall take effect and beenforced thirty (3D)days after
its adoption and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED bythe Board ofTrustees ofthe Town cfEstes Park,
Colorado this 28TH day of NOVEMBER.2O23.
ATTEST:
n Clerk
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TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO
I hereby certify that the ab ve Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Board
of Trustees on the dc 17 day of/tIOV M , 2023 and published by title in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, on the /rday of
C'.F./1�6 _, 2023, all as required by the Statutes of the State of Colorado.
Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Town Attorney