Short-term rental owners blast proposed Larimer rules

ESTES PARK – A consortium of owners of properties used as short-term vacation rentals in the Estes Valley is protesting changes proposed by Larimer County that would change regulations governing such housing in unincorporated areas surrounding Estes Park.

In a report issued Tuesday, eight days before the county’s deadline for public comment about the changes, the Estes Valley Short-Term Rental Alliance referenced a study commissioned for Visit Estes Park that the alliance says shows that the benefits of adding workforce housing and child care that were promised to Estes Park voters when they approved a lodging tax increase to fund them…