License Fees.
Boulder Revised Code 1981 § 10-3-12
in effect10-3-12. - License Fees.
(a) Applicants for any rental housing license, and operators renewing an existing rental housing license, shall pay the license fees prescribed by Section 4-20-18, "Rental License Fee," B.R.C. 1981, prior to issuance of any license application.
(b) If an operator of rental property legally changes the use of a structure by adding units for which such operator receives a license under this chapter separate from the license for the remainder of the rental property, the operator shall apply for a single rental license to cover the entire property no later than thirty days before the expiration date of the license that first expires. There shall be no additional fee assessed for the dwelling units or rooming units that were added to the structure at the time the separate licenses are consolidated.
(c) If an operator of rental property reduces the number of dwelling units or rooming units within a rental property, the operator is not entitled to a refund of any fee previously paid.
(d) The city manager shall charge no license fee for the following rental dwelling units, so long as such units have also been individually certified to the city manager as low income rental property by the housing authority of the City of Boulder, and such certification is valid at the time the fee would otherwise be due:
(1) Units owned by or leased and operated by the housing authority of the City of Boulder;
(2) Units owned by or leased and operated by an entity which has a current valid tax status determination by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and such units are permanently affordable, as that term is defined in Chapter 9-16, "Definitions," B.R.C. 1981; or
(3) Units covered by an assistance payment contract under 49 U.S.C. § 1437(b), "Lower-income housing assistance - authorization for contracts for assistance payments for existing dwellings."
(4) If a housing complex under common ownership operates a fixed number or percentage of units as qualifying units under this subsection, but the individual units occupied by low income tenants vary over time, the license and fee waiver allowed by this subsection shall be applied pro rata to the total amount.
Ordinance Nos. 5798 (1996); 7023 (1999); 7725 (2010); 8366 (2020)
Source: City of Boulder, Colorado, Revised Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT10ST_CH3RELI_10-3-12LIFEFetched: 11/14/2026