Frequently Asked Questions

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The State has created a webpage with more information here: http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/us40steamboat

To determine the allowed building height, you must first determine what zone district the subject property is in:

• Refer to the Zoning map
• Once you have determined your zone district, refer to the zone district dimensional standards table in the Community Development Code.
• Use the dimensional standards table to determine the allowed height and other standards.

To determine the building setbacks, you must first determine what zone district the subject property is in. The first step is to refer to the zoning map, visit the Zoning Map Once you have determined your zone district, you must then refer to the zone district dimensional standards table in the Community Development Code, Community Development Code Now use the dimensional standards table to determine the building setbacks and other standards.

You have three options to find out about Registered Sex Offenders living in Steamboat Springs:

• Check the Police Department web site at www.steamboatsprings.net
• The State Sex Offender Registry
• Visit the Steamboat Springs Police Department at 840 Yampa Street during business hours.

• No passengers under the age of 21 until the driver holds a valid driver's license for at least six month.
• No more than one passenger under the age of 21 until the driver holds a valid driver's license for at least one year.
• No more than one passenger in the front seat of a vehicle driven by a person under age 18 and the number of passengers in the back seat shall not exceed the number of seat belts.
• No person who holds a temporary instruction permit or a minor's instruction permit shall use a mobile communication device while operating a motor vehicle.

Yes, however, you are allowed to carry a concealed weapon in a private vehicle or other private means of conveyance when carrying a weapon for lawful protection or protection of another person or property while traveling or if you have a vaild written permit to carry a concealed weapon. Additonally, it is illegal for anybody to have a firearm in their possession while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

You can contact Christy Abney, Sales Tax Clerk at (970) 871-8233, or Brad Parry, Sales & Use Tax Auditor at (970) 871-8251, or Rachelle Summers, Sales & Use Tax Auditor at (970) 871-8247.

Or email the department here.

The City of Steamboat Springs does NOT have business licenses. The City DOES require you get a Sales Tax License for any business that makes retail sales, leases tangible personal property, and/or rents short-term accommodations for periods of less than 30 days(peddlers, transient sales and special events also require a sales tax license).

Sales & Use Tax information and forms can be found on the City's website under Departments/Financial Services/Sales Use Tax

Simple physics. If we were to lift the wing at everyone's driveway, the snow would just be left in the streets and become a nuisance to parking and the driving lanes. The streets would get narrower as the winter progressed and no one would be able to travel a month into winter. The snow is pushed back as far as possible to keep the streets wide for all travel and limited day parking where possible. We understand this is an invonvenience to everyone, but our winter operation is one of the best in the state, plowing all of our streets within a 12 hour period and never having a snow day at school because of our snowplowing operation.

The City ordinance states that there is No Parking on City Streets from November 1st, to April 1st, at night from 2:00am to 8:00am and other similar times. The reason is that the Street Department cannot plow the streets effectively if there are cars parked on the streets thoughout town. We plow with motor graders and if we had to go around cars all night, the operation would never finish.

None of us can predict the weather, so when you go to bed at night, there could be a storm at 3:00am. We encourage all residents and tourists to park in their designated parking spots that the homeowner has provided for. You don't get to park in a "hanidcapped spot" if no one is using it at the time.

The City Street Department plows all streets with motor graders when accumulation reaches 2 inches or more. Reason is that we can plow any type of snow storm, heavy, wet, large or small. All the snow slides off the wing at an angle and the snow gets pushed off to the side. All driveways end up with windrow and we are sorry for that inconvenience. But in order to run an efficient, fast snowplosing operation to take care of our 70 miles of streets, 34 parking lots and 6 miles of alleys, the department cannot take the time to remove the snow from personal driveways.

If an ordinance amends the Steamboat Springs Revised Municipal Code, it can be found by searching the Municipal Code with a key word. Visit the Municipal Code site.

Resolutions and Ordinance not amending the Municipal Code can be obtained throughthe Open Records Request process. The City Clerk's Office has 72 hours with which to respond to Open Records Requests. Visit the City Clerk's Office Duties & Services page.

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