1. definition of a short term rental

1. Definition of a Short term Rental

1. Hard to rent only part of the building

2. Happy to not have accessory structures allowed.

3. Completely agree. If property owners can rent out rooms or tents on their land, it will be

overrun!

4. I like the addition of not allowing non residential structures to be used as rental

5. Both changes will limit the number of people, especially during ski season

6. Any temporary structures or out buildings are inappropriate to advertise in any way shape or

form for monatary gain.

7. Why do you want to regulate a problem that does not currently exist? Case by case approval

seems more reasonable in a town as small as Brighton rather then punishing all residents for

one bad actor.

8. It would look terrible if people started renting out RV’s and putting movable tiny homes on

their property.

9. My only concern would be someone renting a room in their home- I believe this should be

allowed. So maybe remove the word entire home to just home.

10. The Town should have better planning and control over short term rentals than the County

presently provides. This seems reasonable

11. This would typically be a conflict to current land use ordinance and an unnecessary Legal

battle for the town to fight

12. What about people that rent a room or portion of their home they also live in full time?

13. A way for people to afford living in the canyon is by renting a portion on say Airbnb while still

living in the home. If their family is reduced to two people there is no reason they shouldn't

be able to rent a studio to another couple. If they want to live in the studio and have people

stay short term in their home. When you look at the number of people per night and multiply

it by the number of days in a year it will be less usage than a family using the house every

single day and less water usage.

14. NOTE: Retain existing language to allow a 'portion' of property to be permitted for STR when

desired vs. 'all or nothing' basis. Typical of resort settings, the owner of property may reside

in a portion or use it on a part-time basis and desires to allow a portion to be rented to cover

ownership costs and operating expenses. Also, owner may not wish a renter to occupy the

owners portion of the property due to personal belongings, security and COVID safety

concerns. These are important ownership rights and entitlements.

15. Strongly disagree, property culinary water use would be similar or the same if the rented

portion is used by unrelated rental guest(s) vs. related family member(s) and guest(s).

16. there is plenty of water.

1.Recommendation: The Town of Brighton restricts the use of the following from the purpose of

renting: auxiliary structures, non residential buildings, vehicles, RV’s, trailers, teepees, yurts, or similar

2. Water and Sewer requirements

1.Makes sence

2.holding tanks (over the winter/snow months ) cannot handle the increased capacity because of

the inability to empty the tank

3. Prevents leaking holding tanks

4. Holding tanks should all be eliminated in the watershed.

5. Guests won’t know if a holding tank is getting full and needs to be emptied.

6. The necessity of a pumping truck to empty the holding tank greatly increases the risk of

contamination of the watershed

7. I feel that a homeowner could manage their septic tank despite heavy snowfall. Let’s instead

develop consequences for not maintaining your waste.

8. Some of us black water holding tanks capable of supporting year around residence and some

rentals.

9. There is a limit to how much waste a black holding tank can hold

10. NOTE: Black or gray water holding tanks?

2. Recommendation: Only homes connected to the public sewer system qualify to be a short term

rental. This excludes any residential structure with a holding tank, composting toilet or septic tank.

1. Good idea

2. but include allowed by fire code if fewer than 15

3. I think a proper amount would be 20 adults.

4. actually, I think 15 is an excessive number of guests

5. This creates a limit

6. Max occupancy (adults and kids) should be based on the number of beds in the rental, often

this is less than 15



one bad actor.

8. One number doesn’t work for all houses since they vary in size.

9. I son't see much of a difference

10. I feel that a homeowner should decide How many overnight guests they have but should

need to Follow and be enforced by fire code

11. Max occupancy should be based on the # of beds available

12. Large groups can be a problem

13. NOTE: Retain existing language to allow a 'portion' of property to be permitted for STR when

desired vs. 'all or nothing' basis. Typical of resort settings, the owner of property may reside

in a portion or use it on a part-time basis and desires to allow a portion to be rented to cover

ownership costs and operating expenses. Also, owner may not wish a renter to occupy the

owners portion of the property due to personal belongings, security and COVID safety

concerns. These are important ownership rights and entitlements.

14. Strongly disagree, property culinary water use would be similar or the same if the rented

portion is used by unrelated rental guest(s) vs. related family member(s) and guest(s).

15 doesn't make sense. especially if it exceeds the fire code.

3. Recommendation: No Short term rental can exceed a maximum of 15 adults spending the

night.16 adults spending the night in a property would require a commercial hotel license. A lower

capacity can be set by fire code or the property owner. All parking restrictions must still be enforced

(See #5).

1.native animals in the area make this requierment obvious

2. Keep bears and other animals in check

3.Who leaves trash out?! Holy moly!!!

4. I think a combination of both present and proposed will better serve the community. I feel

5. that daily housekeeping service provided by the landlord will accomplish more

6. I don’t think homeowners need to be micro managed and most if not all do the best they 7.

7. can to manage their trash and take care of the canyon. The biggest problem of trash is

due to the ski resort operation.

8. Trash cans outside are unsightly

9.NOTE: Suggested modification - trash and recycle containers shall be stored inside the

'garage, accessory building, or enclosed exterior solid wall fenced area' (ADD) until the day before

trash pickup is scheduled typical of any urban residential area. It is unreasonable and unhealthy to

require such containers to be stored 'inside the home'.

10.remove the recycle word. wildlife cannot digest clean recyclable items. and we don't have

a recycle bin at the brighton circle.

4.Recommendation: Due to the hazard of wild animals all trash and recycling must be put in a

dumpster as soon as possible or kept within a contained area. No trash or recycling can be left

outside. It is recommended that owners provide directions on recycling protocols and location of

dumpsters.

5. Parking

1. Good ideas

2. almost all homes in BCC have limited parking.

3. This will be very helpful during ski season

4. Parking is a problem, further discussion and planning is overdue.

5. Anything to help people know where they are supposed to park is nice.

6. Solitude Condos only have one parking spot per unit.

7. You need to limit the # of spaces per rental. I foresee problems there.

8.

9. If someone is parking on my property they should be towed. I know who to call. My problem

with parking is unrelated to STR operations but instead due to ski resort operations when

parking lot is full I’ve had several instances with cars parking on my property or on the road

directly in front of my house.

10. The last suggestion on the map won't work. All vehicle sizes are different. It also suggests

that the snow is always the same and the time they will be parked there the same. At least I

know in my driveway this would not work.

11. NOTE: For example, there may be gatherings of household family and guests on a property

such as social events (ie: reunions, weddings, parties, Holidays, etc.) whereby guests not

occupying the property overnight may park on the roadway outside the ROW white line if not

posted 'No Parking' typical of residential neighborhoods and multi-use settings. Additional

temporary guest parking should also be allowed in areas (ie: neighbors property/driveways,

resort lots, etc.) when authorized by the owners or managers of these properties.

5. Recommendation: All parking must be on the property of the short term rental. Parking may not be

on grass or other flammable material. Parking may not be on anyone else’s property including

resorts (unless written permission has been obtained).

Number of spaces required: Short term rental, two spaces per dwelling unit plus one additional

space for each bedroom exceeding two bedrooms.

Suggested to take out from Recommendation: Every STR must have a minimum of 2 parking spots.

For each additional bedroom rented out above 2 an additional parking spot is required. For example

a 5 bedroom rental must have 5 parking spots available during every season.

1. What is a “community snow plow?”

2. Not everyone can afford or chooses to use Paul or similar services.

3. As a STR owner, we remove snow for our guests ASAP after each storm. It’s part of

providing a good experience for our guests.

4. The wording “paying for driveway and road costs” does not apply to all.

5. It should read, “where a private road it required to access the property, owner shall pay for

road plowing costs”

6. Regarding the specific driveway area, wording related to cost should be eliminated, as many

owners do this personally to save a cost impact to our business.

7. Suggestion:

8. “If a private road is required to access the property, STR must pay their share of the

maintenance as agreed to by community and neighbors.

9. Individual driveways must be maintained after each snow storm by a plow service, owner or

owners staff, in order to maintain all parking spots for guests.”

10. This keeps walkways and drive ways cleared for fire and emergency use

11. Does this regulation also apply to non-STR’s?

12. This may be interpreted as micro managing STR’s...

13. If we as an owner choose not to remove snow, it only impacts us. I think as soon as possible

is much better than a firm time frame. Are we going to have “snow removal police” out there

enforcing this or can we all just do the best we can and act in a reasonable amount of time?

14. Either is fine. I really don't see a need to change it.

15. Clarifies owner and renter responsibilities.

16. NOTE: Owner(s) and Renter(s) should be entitled to make their own arrangements regarding

snow removal on the property including related costs, off-site ROW snow removal is the

responsibility of others.

17. how does this apply to summer use cabins? "this does not apply to summer only units

6. Recommendation: Snow is to be removed by the owner, community or County snowplows as soon as

feasible. Owner is responsible for paying all road and driveway snow plow costs before a STR license will be

issued. When a unit is occupied, they are responsible for light snow removal if necessary. Snow shovels must

be provided. Adherence to snow tire rules is highly recommended.

1. As a responsible STR owner we post hours already.

2. quiet hours should be 10 PM-8 AM

3. in my observation, nearly all STR guest make more noise than the nearby owners. After all,

they are on vacation.

4. The canyons should be quiet, as much as possible

5. Information about quiet hours should be communicated to visitors and guests-- Posting

rules does not mean they have been properly communicated so making rules about putting

up signs will not create the desired control.

6. Quiet please!!

7. verbal confirmation regarding excessive noise hours is sufficient

8. I think the city should enforce quiet hours.

9. I manage this very well but don’t want future problems if you eventually do an inspection of

my STR and this signage is not present. If there is a problem with noise it must be

addressed. We do post this by choice, but don’t need it required by the town. If you provide a

sign I’ll happily post it in the appropriate area but if it should go missing one day, or a guest

removes it, I don’t want to be penalized when I posted it originally.

10. You suggestion of posting everything inside the unit makes the home seem less like a home

and more like a rental house and no one reads these notices anyway.

11. Renters need to know the rules in order to obey them.

7. Recommendation: Occupants of a short-term rental shall not create excessive noise that is

incompatible with adjacent land uses. Quiet hours per SLCo Health Regulation 21 are 10 pm-7 am. It is

highly recommended that STR owners post this notice.

1. As responsible STR owners, we communicate with each guest before and during their stay.

Outnumber us posted in numerous locations within our STR. No concerns on this.

2. I am concerned about posting an exterior sign on my property that even though it’s small,

once a vandal knows what to look for, can attract burglary due to the vacancy of most STR’s.

3. What is all properties has a sign on them, primary resident and STR alike.

4. They can include a QR code that only once scanned, would indicate they type of property and

provide owner information.

5. This would allow us to notify a neighbor if we see something unusual at their house also, but

may not have their contact info.

6. good to hold the owner responsible for guest behavior

7. Makes sense

8. This is an obvious privacy violation.

9. My neighbors know me and I think my address number plate posted on my exterior is

identification enough if someone needs to complain.

10. Signs posted to STR’s can draw attention to vacancy and invite vandalism.

11. I don't see the difference

12. Not necessary.

13. what is the rational behind not being able to post rental information? name plate should be

inside, not outside. add some wordage "for any emergency, call 911"

8. Recommendation: A short-term rental use shall not have any signs on the premises that advertise the

use.

It will be required that inside the unit of every short term rental will be posted a set of guidelines: This

will be a framed document provided by the Town of Brighton to not exceed 8.5” wide by 14 long”. The

following guidelines will be listed:

1. Contact information for the owner or property manager that can respond to a call within 1 hour.

2. Due to fire code the Maximum Occupancy of this unit is _______.

3. Quiet hours in the Town of Brighton are 10pm-7:00am.

4. All vehicles must be parked on this property or will be towed at vehicle owner’s expense.

5. The Town of Brighton is located in a very high fire hazard zone. All outdoor fires must be

contained in a fire department approved container. No fires can be made on the ground or left

unattended and must be dosed with ample amounts of water so that a person can dig into the

coals without being burned.

6. No fire ash may be dumped in dumpsters until mixed with water.

7. Due to the hazard of wild animals no trash or recycling can be left outdoors. Please place trash

and recycling in the proper dumpsters as soon as possible. Please observe recycling protocols.

8. No Dogs are allowed in the Town of Brighton.

9. Roof avalanches are common around canyon homes. Beware of traveling between or

under rooflines.

10. Contact information for a company that monitors nightly rentals in the canyon. (right now that

company is Granicus using a platform called Host Compliance).

11. We welcome you to our town and hope you have a wonderful time. Thank you for being good

neighbors.

1. This should be 10pm -7am to align with the quiet hours.

2. Keeps the noise and party level low

3. Why would you want an unenforceable rule -- Private property = private use. This rule is for a

condo community or closely spaced buildings. This rule is not reasonable.

4. If this applies to Solitude, we allow hot tub use to 11 pm at Powderhorn Lodge.

5. If someone is not making noise, why can’t they quietly use a hot tub? How would this be

enforced?

6. Please stay away from my house when I am relaxing & using my personal hot tub.

7. I don't have a hot tub

8. rational? is this a county rule. the sound ordinance should take care of noise. why do we care

if they are quiet? 10 - 7 am would be more consistant with sound ordinance.

9. Recommendation: Noise ordinance covers this one. See guidelines on #8

1. Agree

2. Keeps our properties safe

3. Just think long and hard about putting a fire out in the winter with limited access and water

supply

4. Fires by yayHoos is my biggest worry.

5. Out of abundance for fire and canyon safety, I do not allow my renters to do any outside

burning/ fire pits other than a propane grill.

6. "water hose, of sufficient length, connected to a water source must be present when fire pit

is in use."

10. Recommendation: See guidelines on #8

1. Agree

2. Also, it should be added that the hot trashcan of ash cannot be placed on something

combustable. ie. I almost almost caused a fire once doing the this on our wooden deck, and I

should know better. I live here!!

3. Safety always

4. No one who has ever cleaned out a fireplace does it when it is hot. Why is this rule

necessary? If the door to the dumpster is open a posted fire rule will only give pyromaniacs

ideas.

5. People need all the fire safety information and instructions

6. The fireplace or indoor fire structure should be inspected by a competent individual and a

report sent to the town

7. It is unreasonable that the County doesn't have an ordinance about this!!

8. This seems more like common sense advice than an ordinance.


1. This is absolutely not a STR issue and should be removed from this forum.

2. This is a UDOT issue to enforce, not the towns.

3. This is a locals issue that impacts everyone to enters the canyon.

4. Have you seen the 2-wheel drive cars with Utah plates that are up the canyon alllllll the time?!

I would like the committee to take this off the STR agenda and put pressure on UDOT to

actually enforce this.

5. Most STR’s are hosting out of state visitors who rent cars. They almost always rent 4WD.

6. STR’s can advise/ suggest this on the rental sites. We currently already do this.

7. Bad tires cause numerous problems for the renters, canyon traffic and nearby residents

8. Great change to keep traffic flow going in snow storms

9. So many people get told by the rental car company that any car is fine and it’s not. They take

whatever vehicle is given to them.

10. This is not an STR host problem. This is a canyon/ UDOT/ UPD problem. If the responsible

parties at the mouth of the canyon are not enforcing this then the problem will not be

stopped. I always see improper cars (most commonlyWith Utah plates) being allowed in the

canyon and cannot understand why this isn’t strictly enforced by UDOT. I constantly drive

behind improperly equipped vehicles and the traffic they create. This is a safety risk to all.

11. Again, this is not an STR issue.

12. I feel the towns efforts should be focused on a canyon wide enforcement of this instead of

thinking that it’s an STR problem.

13. I do educate my renters but they are not the ones creating this problem. They have money for

a ski vacation and also money for a 4x4 suv. I feel you guys are putting far to much effort

into micromanaging STRs instead of addressing larger issues of canyon use/ abuse.

14. NOTE: It should be the responsibility of traveling guest(s), rental car companies, etc. and not

property owner(s) to consult many available resources and roadway travel requirements

such as the use of certain vehicle snow tires, M/S or M+S tires, chains, UDOT roadway

notices, etc.. Property owner(s) should not be responsible or liable for this third party

information.

15. no need to add anything. udot requirements are already in place, and the driver of any vehicle

is subject to udot requirements. maybe even delete this.

12. Recommendation: It is required that owners notify their renters of the Utah Department of

Transportation rules pertaining to snow tires and provide information for social media links, apps

and other information sites on weather and road conditions.

1. This is not a STR issue and should be removed from this forum.

2. This is an issue that impacts ALL visitors in the canton regardless of the purpose.

3. Can we please enforce this!?!? Why have a rule that is not consistently enforced.

4. Also, as a STR owner, I love that dogs are not allowed in the canyon. I don’t want a hairy dog

in my house dnd pooping in my yard.

5. NO dogs in Brighton!!!!


1. Yes!!!!

2. I strongly encourage the town council and community to focus on getting ALL STR’s into

compliance and get business licenses. After that we can then address more granular issues

such as trash cans, number of occupants, etc.

3. Rentals should stay regulated!

4. I think the only efforts the town should be worried about right now are getting every STR in

the canyon into current compliance. They all need to obtain their conditional use and obtain

a business license. This subcommittee is so caught up with all these little changes that they

are missing then big picture of first getting everyone into the current compliance and make

sure the town is getting the revenue that STRs contribute and people are following the

current county code. Then and only then (like in a few years). Should we be addressing all

these small and some controversial changes. Since you want to change the conditional use

you are delaying so many people from getting into compliance and you may never be

successful in your desired change. You need to start at the beginning and work forward. You

are going about this wrong.

5. This should not apply to owner occupied rentals

6. Where do I get a lisence?

7. add: as defined by "whereas guests pay a fee or compensation for said use."

14.Recommendation: A business license is required to operate a short term rental in the Town of

Brighton unless the rental is under management of Solitude Resort. It is unlawful to

conduct or operate a short-term rental without having obtained a license therefor.

1. Agree.

2. Not everyone who lives up here is a millionaire, some of us need this income to continue

living in this beautiful home businesses should not be restricted via an town ordinance.

3. NOTE: Property owner(s) may provide the internal sale of 'memorabilia' type items to guests

to enhance the visit experience (ADD).

15. Recommendation: Short-term rentals may not be used for any of the following:

a. Commercial purposes not otherwise permitted in the zone; b. Distribution of retail products or personal services to invitees for marketing or similar purposes; c. The outdoor display of goods and merchandise for sale.

1. Please add that events such as a wedding or family reunion are allowed only IF they are

attended the entire time by the owner.

2. What are special events?

3. the neighborhood can't handle the excess visitors

4. PRIVATE HOME = PRIVATE USE..

5. Is there a definition Special Events? Does "in" mean inside or on the grounds? Folks

attending a wedding at Solitude?

6. What's a special event??

7. I dislike STR’s hosting weddings and events but we need to word this properly for me to

suggest a change. Needs more definition.

8. Minimum rental should be 3 nights. No one night rentals.

9. Too vague, and therefore impossible to enforce.

10. NOTE: For example, there may be gatherings of household family and guests on a property

such as social events (ie: reunions, weddings, parties, Holidays, etc.) whereby guests not

occupying the property overnight may park on the roadway outside the ROW white line if not

posted 'No Parking' typical of residential neighborhoods and multi-use settings. Additional

temporary guest parking should also be allowed in areas (ie: neighbors property/driveways,

resort lots, etc.) when authorized by the owners or managers of these properties.

11. definition of special events is needed to clarify. ie. christmas is a special event.

16. Recommendation: A town ordinance will be forthcoming dealing with Special Events in the Town of Brighton.

Previous Recommendation:No short term rental in the Town of Brighton may be used for

commercial events (defined as money being exchanged for that purpose) including weddings,

concerts, or parties.

1. Please clarify that the responsible party the owner can designate may be themself if they can

respond within a reasonable time frame.

2. I am available to respond to a clogged toilet with the same urgency as a noise complaint. I

keep my place in tip top shape and expect my guests to be respectful of my property and

also of noise levels.

3. Also, as a STR owner I absolutely do not want people partying in my cabin, being loud,

damaging my place, etc. regardless of them being a nuisance to neighbors. I will kick them

out personally and not have them back!

4. Requiring STR’s to use a service such as Cottonwood Lodging is much like supporting a

business monopoly.

5. This will provide better monitoring

6. Time limit and beyond business hours is unnecessary .

7. And have notification of 24/7 contact if a car gets stuck in the neighborhood- unless this is

addressed in another point.

8. I would also make the licensee personally liable. That will help promote cooperation with the

ordinance

9. The 1 hour response time is reasonable.

10. However a 24 hour in-canyon host could create a monopoly for STR to be forced to use the

in-canton option.

11. 20 minute response time is difficult to meet. But it must be clear that the responsible party is

local enough to be able to come to the property in a reasonable time.

12. NOTE: The requirement for Property Management to respond to guest inquiries within 20

minutes or 1 hour is unreasonable. PM should be available 24/7 and respond to owner/guest

inquires within a reasonable length of time via. phone, text and email within a maximum of 4

hours.

13. second sentence is vague.

17. Recommendation: The short term rental licensee must provide contact information for a

responsible party that can answer a phone call within 1 hour and be able to address issues,

complaints or emergencies.The phone number of that responsible party will be included on the

posted guidelines (See #8).

1. Yes!!!! Please focus on getting the 80% of STR’s into compliance with a business license and

tax ID before you focus on smaller issues.

2. Of course it’s necessary to pay proper taxes. We support this as any responsible business

owner should.

3. VRBO and Air BnB pay the taxes now. Having a short term rental Tax ID doesn't work for

everyone because you never need to file if you only use Air BnB and VRBO. I think it should

be optional.

4. add: and the ability to submit tax exempt forms.

18. Recommendation: A tax id number is required before being granted a short term rental license.

1. We need to see the list of fines and issues.

2. Again, I strongly encourage the community to focus on getting ALL STR’s into compliance

and then address more granular issues such as this.

3. We need to have an education period and see how many STR’s are in compliance vs. how

many STR’s are willing to become compliance with clear steps from the town vs. how many

STR’s actually refuse to be in compliance. This needs to be assessed before we need to start

trying to penalize those STR’s who are doing their best to follow the rules.

4. NOTE: A list of Violations and Fines should be provided.

19. Recommendation: The fine for operating a short term rental without a license will be an amount

double the cost of obtaining the license (this includes the MSD review process fee and the business

license fee). For every day the property is in violation $100 will be added to the fine.

1. Yes! This is part of running a legit business!

2. Please get all STR’s into compliance so those of us who are paying taxes, feel we are taxed

fairly compared to those who have higher profits because they skirt the enforcement and

licensing.

3. STR’s bring a significant monetary value to the town through 2/3rds higher property taxes, as

well as sales, lodging and transient room taxes.

4. We also help reduce traffic and congestion in the canyon because our guests can walk to the

resort.

5. It often appears that STR’s are blamed for many of the towns issues.

6. Please stop the blame game and treating us as if we don’t bring value.

7. STR’s are not the sole problem for parking, trash, canyon traffic, ill equipped cars in the

canyon, noise, etc.

8. Maybe put in that the applicant is currently in compliance with all water company and sewer

fees. This would be similar to a municipal lien certificate

9. I am understanding that there is not implemented change.

20. Recommendation: Obtaining a short term rental license for the Town of Brighton will no longer

require a Conditional Use Permit. The process will involve applying for a business license with the

Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District.

1. STR’s in Solitude have the same concerns as STR’s in Silver Fork or Brighton. The same

rules, and enforcement shall apply.

2. seems reasonable

3. Doesn't Brighton want a piece of this fee-cake though??

4. I feel every rental property/ owner should need have its own business license, even those in

Solitude Village.

5. If an owner is not educated on rules and regulations, they cannot also be responsible for

understanding the county codes on STRs.

6. Solitude STR’s have many of the same issues as Brighton STR’s, yet they are in a loop hole

for enforcement and visibility to the town b/c they’re covered by an umbrella agreement.

7. All oroerty managers should have ample coverage

8. Solitude Property Management has managed our house, which is directly adjacent to but not

in Solitude Village. This ordinance would unreasonably prohibit that.

21. Recommendation: Every short term rental unit does require its own business license unless the

unit is under the management of Solitude Resort. The license will be issued for a one year period

with a property review to take place every 3 years unless complaints against the property have been

registered through the short term rental monitoring company. Violations of Town or County

ordinances can result in the revocation of the business license without refund. A license that has

been granted may be suspended or revoked for any violation of the provisions of this chapter, or for any

of the reasons as contained in Section 5.07.020 of this title. Any appeal of a decision to deny, suspend

or revoke a license shall be heard in accordance with those procedures established by Sections

5.02.140 through 5.02.180 of this title. (Ord. No. 1796, § II, 5-24-2016)

1. No way. The principal of this is very offensive. This is way over stepping your boundaries and

will only create tension in the community.

2. For example, We don’t need people inside our house that are not trained professionally in

saftey and fire issues looking for other random issues that aren’t issues.

3. Can we come into your house and verify your windows meet egress and you have smoke

detectors as required? No.

4. STR’s are already inspected and the time of business licensing to verify saftey and fire code.

Let’s let them do their jobs please and not micro mange them.

5. No additional inspections are needed unless a cabin is in violation of a specific issue that

requires interior access.

6. this will improve compliance. For example,an audit in the dead of winter (when snowfall is at

it's peak ) would be great to make sure there is adequate parking on site for ALL guests.



one bad actor.

8. Also add ---(periodic audits and inspection by the Town or their designee)

9. Who are MSD and Granicus?? What if they change one day??

10. This makes me feel micromanaged by the town. I’ve done all the necessary 2 inspections in

order to get my license and have a responsibility to manage my property to meet the current

code. I really don’t want someone coming in to ask where a certain sign is or telling me that

the snow in my driveway was not removed properly. Again I am focused on the big picture. If

my property is not getting any complaints from the town, neighbors, etc. why do I need to be

available to meet for a periodic audit? For example, I don’t want Caroline K. in my house

looking for items to dock me on and trying to micromanage my STR when no problem exists.

This creates inspectors looking for issues to validate their existence.

11. Who is MSD and Granicus?

12. Too vague.

13. what is MSD / Granicus

22. Recommendation: The license will be issued for a one year period with a property review to

take place every 3 years unless complaints against the property have been registered through

the short term rental monitoring company. Violations of Town or County ordinances can result in

the revocation of the business license without refund.

1. I do not rent my property

2. Too many renters change the atmosphere of the Brighton community.

3. If the STR’s are managed responsibly and attract responsible guests, they will not be a

nuisance to the community and therefore no limitation of days is needed.

4. I suggest this is used as a penalty only for STR’s who violate rules.

5. For STR’s without a history of violation, they should be able to rent as much as they want as

long as they and their guests are respectful.

6. If a restriction of rental days is enforced, it will encourage dishonesty in the community as it

encourages STR’s to rent under the radar.

7. Many STR owners will have no choice but to rent under the radar, as renting less than 180

days will cause us to sell since financially we cannot afford the costs.

8. If you lowered your property taxes for Secondary home owners, then perhaps this would

work.

9. ****STR’s cannot sustain the highest operating costs in the town (I.e. property taxes and

lodging taxes) + a limitation on rental days we can earn income.****

10. This is an unfair regulation on STR’s and should be eliminated from this forum.

11. Business cannot survive based on being open 30-50% of the time.

12. Look at how many business are bankrupt or getting subsidized by the state just to remain in

business in this time of limiting revenue.

13. This revaluation on STR’s is no different.

14. Please don’t punish the responsible STR owners.

15. This only impacts those already following the rules!

16. ***Those currently operation a STR without a business license will continue to do to and will

rent 365 days regardless of this rule.

17. ***This only hurts the good STR owners.

18. PLEASE, PLEASE ELIMINATE THIS LIMITATION!!!!!!!

19. that is about half time, gives the neighbors some rest

20. There should be no limit

21. A happy medium

22. anything over 1/2 the days occupied puts a strain the community.

23. I want to limit STR to protect family cabin owners

24. If renter is employed at resort for the winter season

25. A limit on the number of nights is reasonable as to not put to much undue stress on the

canyon's infastructure.

26. I think 120 is a reasonable limit

27. Short term rentals are disruptive for their neighbors and neighborhood.



one bad actor.

29. The cost of regulating and enforcing this rule is prohibitive and its implementation is open to

abuse by some and risks causing conflict among owners.

30. Make it as little as possible. Short term rentals are ruining the community. Give incentives to

rent long term affordably so people can live where they work.

31. None

32. Can a STR become a long term rental? My only worry is if a STR decides to rent for the entire

calendar year to one renter- would this clause make that an issue of non compliance. If

however, the rental only do short term then I think a limit should be imposed.

33. It’s disruptive to the community of too many people are coming and going.

34. That should be discussed later as it might be a moving target. For instance: is short term

rental ( more than three unrelated people in a dwelling for not more than fourteen days)

35. There may need to be a differentiation of single family home rentals (limited) vs

condominium units (unlimited).

36. 120 is a reasonable amount

37. That is as often as I can get up there.....

38. Damnit

39. This is widely unenforceable and penalizes only those who choose to follow rules. This also

encourages owners to rent directly and avoid using sites like vrbo and Airbnb costing the

town a loss in revenue. Those who don’t follow rules are easily going to find a work around.

(As mayor Dan explained) Let’s just get all STRs into current compliance first, with business

licenses.

40. Then AFTER, at least 90% of STR’s are in compliance we can look at the issues that remain

before you focus on STR micromanagement. Trying to change even the conditional use is

keeping people from getting into compliance and costing the town a lot of money in lost

sales and transient taxes and also allowing those properties that should not be renting due

to their homes not meeting current county code to rent their properties.

41. You may find that once all STRs are in compliance that a lot of your concerns just go away.

And if there are remaining problems let’s address them only after each STR has a conditional

use permit and business licenses.

42. As long as the regulations are met I see no reason to limit the rental days

43. Less disruptive to the neighbors

44. Were a mountain town, if the property is owner occupied and managed\monitored by

OWNERS 365 days per year there should be no limitation on the number of nights.

45. a properpty owner should not have a limit on the number of nights their home should be

rented. This will lower property values.

46. If there are problems with STRs they should be addressed by enforcing the existing

ordinances, before creating new ones.

47. NOTE: Brighton and Solitude Resort areas including overall recreational use within BCC is

acclaimed world-wide and there should not be a limit for rental use and density on a year-

round basis. For example if the number of units and rental nights are limited and regulated,

this will force potential guests to travel unnecessarily up/down canyon to SL urban areas for

accommodations and visitation needs. Such negative impacts will result in increased vehicle

traffic on SR-190 and added emissions, increased revenues to SL areas vs. BCC areas, and a

diminished alpine resort experience and purpose for guest travels to BCC areas.

48. This most logically corresponds to the desire to limit density

49. ability to ask renters to leave easier if shorter term

50. what is the rational for a limit?

23. Recommendation: The limit on the number of nights a short term rental in the Town of

Brighton can be rented will be 180.

1. Makes sence to me

2. This decreases the number of renters and all the coming and going.

3. We try to rent as many days a possible as it’s less wear and tear of people moving their stuff

in/out.

4. This should be left up to each STR to decide what’s best for for them.

5. I’m not sure what this rule accomplishes, but again, see response to question #23.

6. This limitation only hurts the responsible STR owners and those who are already in

compliance.

7. Those breaking the rules are laughing at all of this as they are not going to follow the rules

anyway.

8. Please focus on getting ALL STR’s INTO COMPLIANCE!!!! START BY ONLY REGULATING

THEY HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE AND TAX ID.

9. PLEASE LET THE REST OF RHE RULES FLOW AS NEEDED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS

ONCE YOU’VE GOTTWN OWNERS LICENSES AND CAN ENSURE A SAFE DWELLING FOR

THOSE WHO GUESTS ARE RENTING.

10. this is a compromise, one night is not good

11. 2 night minimum is adequate for deterring "party" rentals

12. This allows short weekend rentals, but cuts down on 2 bookings in one weekend

13. Keeps the nunber of renters looking for the house location to a minimum

14. Prevents one-night rentals

15. reduces turnover and amount of people coming into canyon

16. Putting a minimum night use to rentals will aid in limiting the extra traffic

17. I think this would help with some of the problems with short term rentals

18. This will help limit turn over and disruption to the neighbors



one bad actor.

20. Brighton is adjacent to a Salt Lake City and one night trips to the canyon are commonplace.

21. Same as question 23

22. None

23. This allows for renters to get a sense of the neighborhood and feel less like a hotel.

24. There should be less people coming and going.

25. Weekends are Friday and Saturday

26. see 23a

27. keep out one night party rentals

28. At least 2 nights. Is the hassle worth it otherwise??

29. Again, Why are we changing the current county code when we have so many in the canyon

that already aren’t following the current county code. We need to first get everyone into

compliance. That’s it.

30. Start at the beginning and focus on getting STR’s registered as a legitimate business.

31. Then once we get everyone into the current compliance let’s see how STR’s are managing

themselves.

32. Then and only then if we need to implement changes then should we implement changes. I

feel that you guys are wasting a lot of valuable time for both yourselves and the town. The

focus needs to be on getting everyone into the current compliance before we make any

changes.

33. If a person is abiding by the regulations I see no need to regulate the rental terms they use.

34. Less disruptive to the neighbors

35. Were a mountain town, if the property is owner occupied and managed\monitored by

OWNERS 365 days per year 24x7 there should be no limitation on the number of nights.

36. Groups from SLC like to rent a home for a night to have a party

37. Property owners can make their own rules about number of nights. Difficult to enforce and

could cause hardship to some renters. I am the owner of a short term rental adjacent to

Solitude, but will now be living there full time, so my comments try to balance being a renter

and a permanent resident.

38. My general view both as a resident and a renter is that most of the problems mentioned

should be addressed by enforcing the current ordinances, rather than adding new ones. e.g.

people renting their homes under the radar without a license and not following ordinances.

39. NOTE: One night rentals are also common and should be included.

40. Single nights are asking for more problems, while two nights represents a weekend

41. 2 nights is a weekend

42. how does this apply to wasatch mountain lodge and brighton lodge?

24. Recommendation: The minimum number of nights for any short term rental in the Town

of Brighton will be 2 nights.

1. definition of a short term rental

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