Snowmass Village, CO short-term rental permit

What Snowmass Village asks of you

• The Town Council adopted the rules in Ordinance 6-2022 in November 2022. They took effect on May 1, 2023.^[3]

• Revised rules took effect on December 30, 2025. Trespassing became a major violation, aimed at guests who cross private land to reach ski areas.^[4]

• Permit Type 1 applies only to four hotels that the code names.^[6]

• Type 2 fits complexes of at least 25 units whose owners join a centralized check-in and management program. An owner who stays out of that program takes Type 3.^[6]

• Single-family homes and duplexes use Type 4, with one permit for each property rented.^[6]

• Type 3 and Type 4 units with at least four bedrooms hold two people per legal bedroom plus four. Smaller units allow two per bedroom plus two.^[6]

• Children five and under do not count toward that limit.^[6]

• Once assigned, the permit number goes on every advertising listing. Types 3 and 4 also display the permit in a prominent spot inside the property.^[6]

• The signed Good Neighbor Guidelines go with every rental agreement. A copy also stays on display in the unit.^[6]

• The home must be insured for short-term rental use and carry liability coverage.^[6]

• When an HOA sets its own rules, the more restrictive of the two applies.^[6]

• The town may inspect a unit at its discretion. It gives 24 hours' notice unless life safety is at stake.^[6]

• For Types 3 and 4, parking permits for the numbered lots are sold by the town's Transportation parking office.^[5]

• Renting without a permit is a major violation. So is failing to remit sales or lodging taxes.^[6]

• A first major violation can cost the permit or business license for up to two years, plus fines up to $1,000. A second extends that loss to five years.^[6]

• Minor violations include going over the occupancy limit and leaving the permit number off a listing.^[6]

• The first minor violation can cost as much as $1,000. The second can reach $1,500, and a third becomes a major violation.^[6]

What Colorado asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• When guests book through a platform, it collects Colorado sales tax on the full amount charged. The platform also handles any county lodging tax and local marketing district tax.^[1]

• Lodging taxes a city sets stay outside the state's system, since the Department of Revenue administers none of them. Home-rule cities that run their own sales tax sit outside it too, so start with your city.^[1]

• Hosts who take direct bookings need a Colorado sales tax license and collect the 2.9% state rate themselves. The license is $16, prorated, with a $50 deposit returned once your state tax tops $50.^[2]