HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 08-24ORDINANCE NO. 08-24
AN ORDINANCE FOR A THREE-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 previously enacted two temporary moratoria, collectively
effective from May 23, 2023 until May 23, 2024, 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 to enact a third temporary moratorium, effective May
23, 2024, 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 August 23, 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 5.20 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 9TH day of APRIL, 2024.
ATTEST:
CLQ-
own Clerk
TOWN OF ESTES PARK. COLORADO
By:
Mayor
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I hereby certify that the, above Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Board
of Trustees on the 1�" day of Ap12A , 2024 and published by titl in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, on the 12 ay of
Q-1 , 2024, all as required by the Statutes of the State of Colorado.
Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Town Attorney