Non-owner-occupied short-term rentals in Colorado Springs are capped at 185 rental nights per calendar year under City Code Chapter 7 Article 5. Owner-occupied STRs have no annual night cap. The 185-night limit applies cumulatively across all platforms, and operators must log nights in the city's online portal.
The night cap was enacted to ensure non-owner STRs function as supplemental lodging rather than full-time commercial operations in residential zones. Operators must track bookings across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and direct reservations and report totals quarterly. Exceeding the cap does not automatically revoke the permit, but continued bookings after hitting 185 are separate violations. Owner-occupied STRs, where the permittee's primary residence is the rental, face no night limit but cannot exceed 180 days of short-term use without the owner being present overnight at least part of the time.
Each rental night above 185 is a separate 250-dollar violation. Habitual overages result in permit revocation and a two-year ban on new STR applications at the address.
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