Adams county STR Laws

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Greg Pickett
Real Estate Agent · Denver, CO · Member since 2021 · 10 posts · 10 votes
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@Aaron Kopsa Yes you would be under Unincorporated Adams county which does not currently have any laws that say yes or no to short term rentals. However in 2022 they are planning to pass a new law to allow them!

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  • Jeff WhiteBusiness Member
    Realtor · Denver, CO · Member since 2016 · 278 posts · 371 votes
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    @Aaron Kopsa Correct. It is under unincorporated Adams county, where they currently don't have any restrictions on Airbnb as an investment property.

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  • Aaron Kopsa
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    Member since 2022 · 4 posts · 1 vote
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    Thank you so much!

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  • James CarlsonBusiness Member
    Real Estate Agent · Colorado | stan.store/JamesCarlson · Member since 2014 · 2k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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    Quote from @Aaron Kopsa:

    Thank you so much!

    Congrats on taking a big step. That's great.

    I'm not quite sure what you mean by an "Adams County zip code." Zip codes cross over county lines, so I would not rely on a particular zip code to determine if a property is in unincorporated Adams County or in the city of Denver. 

    I would look at the county map and the city map and compare where the property is actually located, because listings are wrong all the time. We have to do this with our Airbnb/STR investors in Denver regularly. For instance, I showed an investor buyer a home listed as in Arvada -- where you can do short term rentals in investment properties -- but when we showed up, I noticed all the street signs were for Westminster. Sure enough, when you looked at the map, it was one street over into Westminster so he wouldn't have been able to do Airbnb. 

    Check the maps and call the city and county planning departments to double check this stuff. 

    One other note ... Adams County currently allows STRs through a lack of prohibition not through a proactive law. (It's not mentioned in ordinances as illegal but it's also not mentioned as being legal.) They do have a proposal they're looking at that would actively allow them, but until then, you never know. (You can see more about that proposal here.)

    Good luck with your search! Because the STR laws in so many Denver area cities are prohibitive, if you can grab a property that allows it, you can do well because the Airbnb competition has been artificially constrained. 
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  • Aaron Kopsa
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    Member since 2022 · 4 posts · 1 vote
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    The home was in Adam's County, I should have been more clear with. Appreciate the clarity though! I also thought Westminster didn't have any regulations as to whether it needed to be a primary residence or not?

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  • James CarlsonBusiness Member
    Real Estate Agent · Colorado | stan.store/JamesCarlson · Member since 2014 · 2k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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    @Aaron Kopsa

    Yeah, Westminster doesn't have any regulations but are considering them this year, and I'm not sure which direction they're going to go. Lots of cities in the Denver area didn't have regulations until the last few years, and the majority of them -- when they did address the issue -- opted to allow them only in your primary residence, so I'm always leery of investing in an area until I know for sure that they'll be allowed.

    Good luck with the Adams County house. That's awesome.

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  • Greg Pickett
    Real Estate Agent · Denver, CO · Member since 2021 · 10 posts · 10 votes
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    @Aaron Kopsa Yes you would be under Unincorporated Adams county which does not currently have any laws that say yes or no to short term rentals. However in 2022 they are planning to pass a new law to allow them!

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  • Drew Sandoval
    Member since 2022 · 1 post · 0 votes
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    Does anyone know if Adam’s County ended up passing any regulations? I can’t find it online anywhere 

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  • James CarlsonBusiness Member
    Real Estate Agent · Colorado | stan.store/JamesCarlson · Member since 2014 · 2k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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    Quote from @Drew Sandoval:

    Does anyone know if Adam’s County ended up passing any regulations? I can’t find it online anywhere 

    I talked to Adams County in late July, and they said it was still likely mid to late fall before even a draft of the new ordinance was available. Then it has to go through the normal county legislative review process. It might not be till end of 2022 before anything is passed.

    That said, when I spoke to them they said nothing had changed from their intent ... that is that they still wanted to be ermissive of most STR types, not prohibiting Airbnb by geography or zoning or number of nights you can operate as a short term rental.

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