Westminster Creating Laws for STR's

[Kenny Smith]

Hello Denver BP Community!

The laws and regulations around short term rentals has been a very hot topic around the country over the last couple of years.  Westminster is one of the last municipalities here in the Denver metro area to implement regulations on STRs. That is changing as of January 1st, 2024!  I had a chance to go to the town hall meeting last week to hear what the proposed changes are going to be…it was interesting to say the least. 

1. Maximum of 1 str per owner (ouch!)
2. Owner occupied NOT required
3. No cap on days you can rent it as STR

These are just some of the bigger ones.  It is important to note that these discussions are preliminary.  The folks we met with help enforce the policies, they don’t necessarily develop them, the city council does.  However, they held these “focus groups” to get feedback from the stakeholders who have STR's in Westminster, like myself.  So when they do their March “workshop” with city council, they will present their concerns with the current propositions and do have influence on the city council.  So nothing is concrete, but by may or June, they said we should know when they announce the changes during the public city council meeting.

Let me know if you have any other questions!