Estes OKs temporary moratorium on bed-and-breakfast licenses

ESTES PARK – The Estes Park Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday night to impose a temporary, six-month moratorium on the issuance of new licenses for bed-and-breakfast inns.

Town Clark Jackie Williamson told the board that the intent of the moratorium would be to give town staff the opportunity to clarify several issues including whether owners must be in residence on the properties and the statutory and operational differences between bed-and-breakfast inns and short-term rental vacation homes, both of which have been a point of confusion for those businesses’ neighbors.

State regulations define a bed-and-breakfast as offering lodging accommodations for a…