Longmont, CO Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Longmont Municipal Code § 15.02.080.D.16.a.ii
- Strike threshold
- 3+ notices, warnings, citations or fines = revocation
- Single-notice trigger
- Ignoring even 1 notice can also revoke license
- Process
- Investigation, notice and appeal under chapter 15.09
- Renewal effect
- Cause for revocation also bars license renewal
Summary
Longmont revokes a short-term rental license after a documented pattern of nuisance, defined as three or more notices of violation, warnings, citations or fines against the same property, under Longmont Municipal Code section 15.02.080.D.16.a.ii. A single uncorrected notice can also trigger revocation if the licensee simply ignores it.
16.Revocation.a.In addition to any other remedies provided for under chapter 15.09, the director may revoke any short-term rental license under the following conditions:i.The licensee fails to comply with any notice of violation, warning, citation, or fine issued related to the short-term rental property; orii.The licensed property has created a pattern of nuisance behavior detrimental to the welfare of the surrounding neighborhood. A pattern of nuisance shall be demonstrated by three or more notices of violation, warnings, citations, or fines, including any combination of these, issued related to the short-term rental property.b.Procedures for investigation, notice of violation and appeals shall be as provided in chapter 15.09.
Full Breakdown
a gives the director two independent grounds to revoke a short-term rental license. i, is that "the licensee fails to comply with any notice of violation, warning, citation, or fine issued related to the short-term rental property," meaning a single ignored notice can be enough. " The three counted actions do not have to be the same type of infraction or come from the same underlying rule; a noise warning, a parking citation and an occupancy fine, for instance, can combine to cross the threshold.
09," meaning the director can revoke the license on top of, not instead of, other enforcement tools such as civil penalties or criminal prosecution. 09's enforcement procedures, giving a licensee facing revocation a defined process rather than an on-the-spot cancellation. a bars renewing a license where causes for denial, revocation, or other licensing sanctions exist.
Violations & Fines
Accumulating three or more notices of violation, warnings, citations or fines, in any combination, meets the pattern-of-nuisance standard in section 15.02.080.D.16.a.ii and exposes the license to revocation, following the investigation and appeal procedures in chapter 15.09. Ignoring even a single notice can independently support revocation under section D.16.a.i. Each underlying violation also remains separately punishable as a development code violation under section 15.09.030, carrying the general penalty of up to $500.00 and 90 days in jail under section 1.12.010.
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