Mesa County, CO Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- LDC Section 6.02 BB.11 & BB.11.a
- Strike threshold
- 3+ verified complaints per calendar year
- Complaint types counted
- Nuisance, health, and/or safety
- Decision-maker
- Mesa County Planning Director
- Consequence
- Revocation of site plan approval
Summary
Mesa County runs a complaint-based strike system for vacation rentals. Three or more verified nuisance, health or safety complaints against the same rental in a calendar year gives the Planning Director authority to revoke its site plan approval outright.
11. Failure to maintain compliance with the aforementioned standards shall result in revocation of approval.
a. Should a vacation rental receive three (3) or more formal, verified nuisance, health and/or safety complaints in a calendar year, the Planning Director may revoke the site plan approval.
Full Breakdown
" Two qualifiers matter for how this is enforced. First, complaints must be formal and verified, meaning an anonymous tip or an unsubstantiated call does not count toward the three-strike threshold; Code Compliance Services has to confirm the complaint before it is logged against the property. Second, the count resets on a calendar-year basis, so complaints from a prior year do not carry forward indefinitely into a new year's tally. 1, a revoked property cannot simply keep operating under a different name; it would need to reapply and again satisfy the full BB series of standards, including occupancy, parking, and local-representative requirements, before it could legally rent again. This ties the strike system directly back into the same site plan mechanism that governs every other vacation rental standard in the section.
Violations & Fines
Three or more formal, verified nuisance, health, or safety complaints against a vacation rental within a calendar year authorizes the Planning Director to revoke the property's site plan approval under Section 6.02 BB.11.a, ending its legal operation as a vacation rental until a new site plan is approved.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many complaints does it take to shut down a Mesa County vacation rental?
Does an anonymous complaint count toward the three strikes?
Can a revoked vacation rental reopen?
Sources & Official References
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