Unincorporated Summit County STR Rules

Unincorporated Summit County Colorado includes all areas of Summit County that are not incorporated towns or cities. Unincorporated Summit County has adopted a zoned approach to STR licensing. The zones are as follows:

• Resort Zones:

  • Allows for 100% of properties to obtain STR license. There are no restrictions on nights rented or number of reservations. The Resort Zones are Keystone, Copper, Peak 8, and Tiger Run.

• Neighborhood Overlay Zones:

  • On Feb. 15th, 2023 Summit County approved a package of short-term rental regulations that apply to the neighborhood overlay zones. The new regulations cap the number of licenses available and the number of bookings per year at each property. Each property will be capped at a maximum of 35 total bookings per year. Currently, there are no new licenses available for any properties located within the Summit County neighborhood overlay zones. Waitlists are expected to open in the future but details are limited at this point.

  • If you held a short-term rental license within the Unincorporated Summit County Neighborhood Overlay Zone prior to the cap being implemented, you may continue to rent your property but are now subject to 35 bookings per year cap.

  • Licenses are only relinquished through property sales, since they are non-transferable, or owner non-renewal. As properties are sold or as property owners decide not to renew short-term rental licenses, the total number of licenses are anticipated to decrease, with the goal of eventually meeting the targeted cap numbers. Each zone is handled separately in terms of license caps and availability of future licenses and there will eventually be a separate waitlist for each water drainage basin within the county.

  Check out the STR Regulations Update summarizing the new regulations or contact Brady Stout to discuss short-term rentals in Summit County.