Aurora City Code Chapter 26.5 restricts short-term rental licenses to dwellings that serve as the operator's primary residence, blocking investor-owned whole-home STRs and limiting market entry to owner-occupants and long-term tenants with landlord consent.
An STR business license under Ch. 26.5 is issued only for a property the applicant occupies at least 185 days per year and uses as their voter-registration, driver-license, and tax-filing address. Investors cannot license a non-owner-occupied second home, and out-of-state owners cannot operate Aurora STRs. Tenants may apply only with notarized written landlord authorization. Applicants must submit two forms of primary-residence proof (utility bill, CO driver license, vehicle registration, or state tax return). The rule, partially preempted by CRS 29-29-103 for licensing thresholds, mirrors Denver and Boulder's owner-occupancy regimes.
Misrepresenting primary residence on an STR application is municipal fraud, results in immediate license revocation, a one-year reapplication bar, and fines of up to 2,650 dollars per violation under Aurora's general penalty schedule.
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Aurora City Code Chapter 26.5 does not impose a host-presence requirement on short-term rentals; whole-home rentals are permitted when the unit is the operat...
Aurora, CO
Aurora requires a General Business License for all short-term rentals (stays of 30 days or less). Only primary residences may operate as STRs. Hosts must pos...
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