10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Weld County, Colorado.
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Weld County has no dedicated STR license for unincorporated land; transient lodging is handled through Chapter 23 zoning. Inside Greeley, short-term rental is a permitted zoning use across most residential and mixed-use districts, with no special conditional-use permit.
Greeley Municipal Code Sec. 24-402
Lodging short-term rental: The rental of a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, for less than one month.
There is no STR-specific noise rule; short-term rental guests must obey the same noise ordinances as any resident. In Greeley the Municipal Code limits noise by time and level, and unincorporated stays fall under Weld County's noise and nuisance provisions.
Weld County levies no county sales or lodging tax, so an unincorporated STR collects only Colorado's 2.9% state sales tax. In Greeley, guests also pay the city's 4.11% sales tax plus a 3% lodging (public accommodations) tax on stays of 29 nights or fewer.
City of Greeley - Lodging Tax
The Convention and Visitors Fund is funded by 3% lodging tax that hotel and motel guests pay.
Weld County sets no STR-specific parking rule; guest parking follows Chapter 23 zoning off-street parking standards. Greeley requires off-street parking on private property for lodging uses and generally prohibits tandem spaces, with guests also bound by city street-parking rules.
Neither Weld County's zoning code nor Greeley's STR provisions set a specific guest-count cap for short-term rentals. Occupancy is governed by the building/residential code, any unrelated-persons definition, and life-safety limits rather than a fixed STR headcount.
Neither Weld County nor Greeley mandates a specific liability-insurance amount for short-term rentals. Colorado's STR statute does not set an insurance floor, though hosts are strongly urged to carry commercial or STR-endorsed coverage since standard homeowner policies often exclude rental use.
Weld County and Greeley set no annual cap on the number of nights a property can be rented short-term. Colorado defines a short-term rental as any stay under 30 days, so 30-plus-night lets simply fall outside STR rules rather than counting against a limit.
C.R.S. 30-15-401(1)(s)(III)
"Short-term rental" means the rental of a lodging unit for less than thirty days.
There is no county STR registry in unincorporated Weld County, but every host must register with the Colorado Department of Revenue to collect state (and any city) sales and lodging taxes. Colorado law lets a listing be pulled if a required local license number is missing.
C.R.S. 30-15-401(1)(s)
Requiring a vacation rental service that displays a short-term rental listing for a lodging unit located in the county to require the lodging unit owner or owner's agent to include a local short-term rental license or permit number, if applicable, in any listing.
Weld County and Greeley do not require a host to be present or on-site during a short-term rental. Whole-home, unhosted stays are allowed, though many jurisdictions expect a local contact reachable to handle problems.
Weld County does not restrict short-term rentals to a host's primary residence, and Greeley lists STR as a permitted use across many districts without an owner-occupancy mandate. Non-owner-occupied and investor STRs are generally allowed, subject to zoning and taxes.
1 cities in Weld County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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