First: jurisdiction and cap

• Confirm the address is in unincorporated Summit County, not inside a town. The county GIS parcel tool shows the jurisdiction.
• Identify the property's basin. Type II licenses are capped by basin: Lower Blue 550, Upper Blue 590, Snake River 130, per the county's published cap materials.
• If the basin is full, your path is the county waitlist. Only property owners can apply for the waitlist; placement does not guarantee a license, and no property may advertise or rent until a license is issued.

The license and operations

• Short Term Rental license obtained from the county before advertising or operating.
• A Responsible Agent is named: available 24/7 with a text enabled phone, able to respond with a plan for resolving an issue within 60 minutes of a report.
• The county's Good Neighbor Guidelines go to every renter with the rental contract and are posted in a prominent place inside the unit.
• All applicable taxes are remitted. County license holders must remit the taxes the county and state apply to the stay.
• The license is renewed inside the county's renewal window. The county accepts no late renewal submittals.

Check with the county

• Current waitlist lengths and expected wait by basin: these move, and the county's waitlist page is the only current source.
• Whether an accessory apartment or lock off on the parcel changes what can be rented: the county restricts short term rental of accessory units tied to long term workforce housing.
• HOA and condo rules: not in any public dataset. Check in writing.