Windsor, CO Short-Term Rental Rules (2026)
Can I operate a short-term rental in Windsor?
STRs are allowed in residentially zoned property with a town STR permit and business licence, plus inspections; no cap, moratorium or owner-occupancy requirement was found, though the ordinance text itself could not be read.
Key facts
What the record says about short-term rentals in Windsor, with the level of law each comes from. What do these facts mean?
Can you operate?
Stay limits
Taxes
Why this score
The main reasons Windsor scores the way it does. Listed most important first.
What holds it back
- Permit or license (Yes) lowers the score.
- State lodging tax lowers the score.
What helps
- Platform collects tax (Partly) raises the score.Source
Not yet known
- 2 more factors — free account
- 16 facts are not yet established, so the score leans on typical values.
Permit requirements
What you need to file or hold before hosting in Windsor.
Permits & licensing
Applicants register through the town's online portal, schedule fire and building inspections, and receive the permit and licence once inspections pass. A plot plan and, for retail licensees, a state sales tax licence are part of the application.
- Town STR permit ($162 application, renewal $54)
- Town business licence (retail or non-retail)
- Fire inspection ($100)
- Building inspection ($100)
- Short-term rental plot plan
New to this? How short-term rental permits and licensing work
Taxes
Lodging, occupancy and related taxes or fees.
Taxes & fees
The town levies general sales tax with no separate lodging tax. Owners filing directly use a retail licence; owners listed through a marketplace facilitator hold a non-retail licence because the facilitator remits.
- Town sales tax account where the owner collects directly
- Non-retail licence when a marketplace facilitator remits
New to this? Short-term rental lodging taxes, explained
Recent changes
The dated change history is part of the free account. Email alerts above need no account.
Market assumptions
Estimates, not lawRevenue, occupancy and returns depend on the specific property and are estimates, separate from the rules above.
Run any property in Windsor through the deal analyzer for cash flow, cap rate, and long-term projections.
Sources
Last verified October 21, 2026 (20 days ago). Short-term rental rules can change between checks. Confirm current requirements with the jurisdiction before relying on this for a real decision.
- windsorco.gov › 1427/Short-Term-Rentals
- support.windsorgov.com
- windsorco.gov › m/faq
- windsorco.gov › 717/Sales-Tax
- windsorco.gov › 1223/Taxes
- content.leg.colorado.gov
- tax.colorado.gov
- leg.colorado.gov
A free STRVE account shows which rule each source supports, plus the full jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction breakdown, change history, and rule-change alerts for Windsor.
More STR-friendly options nearby
Nearby cities with a higher regulation score than Windsor.
- 81/100Loveland~12 mi
- 81/100Greeley~13 mi
- 81/100Larimer County~37 mi
- 81/100Winter Park~62 mi
Short-term rental rules near Windsor
All Colorado cities →How we research this
The STRVE Score is our own regulation rating, built from seven levels of authority: state, county, town, HOA, deed restrictions, special districts, and platform rules. Each level is scored separately, with its own citations and the date we verified it. The headline number is the strictest of the seven, never an average, because the tightest rule is the one that governs you.
We keep a history of what a city's rules said before and when they changed, so a score that moves is traceable to the rule that moved it.
- Highly permissive
- 90+
- Friendly
- 70–89
- Moderate
- 45–69
- Heavily restricted
- 20–44
- Effectively banned
- 0–19
Not legal advice
STRVE is a research tool, not financial or legal advice. Always verify regulation, tax, and permitting details with the local jurisdiction and a licensed professional before you buy.
The STRVE Score and the seven-level breakdown are our own rating framework, not an official or government rating, and no jurisdiction endorses or reviews them. The rules behind them are researched from public sources with AI assistance and are current only as of the verification date shown, so they can be incomplete, outdated, or wrong. None of it substitutes for advice from local counsel. Confirm every permit, tax, occupancy, and zoning requirement against the jurisdiction's own municipal code and with an attorney licensed in that jurisdiction before you buy, list, or operate. Terms of Service