Broomfield, CO Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)

Section 5-39-040 sets the short term rental license fee at $100.00, due at the time of application or renewal, and a license issued after payment is good for five years from the date of issuance, longer than most Colorado short term rental license terms. If an applicant previously held a license that was revoked, the city clerk may refer the new application to the local licensing authority for review before it is even accepted, adding a discretionary screening step under section 5-39-040. Separate from that flat license fee, section 5-39-060 requires every short term rental to obtain the sales tax license and the lodging tax license required elsewhere in the Broomfield Municipal Code and to keep complying with those tax provisions, meaning an operator carries three obligations at once: the $100.00 rental license, a sales tax license, and a lodging tax license, each with its own renewal and reporting cycle.

The lodging tax itself is separately codified in chapter 3-38, Lodging Tax, of Title 3, Revenue, so a short term rental operator must read both chapter 5-39 for the licensing mechanics and chapter 3-38 for the applicable lodging tax rate and remittance schedule. Failing to hold the required sales or lodging tax license, or the short term rental license, exposes the property owner to the licensing authority's show cause and revocation process under sections 5-39-090 and 5-39-100, since section 5-39-080 makes the property owner responsible for compliance with every provision of the chapter, including its tax-license requirement.