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Summit County to launch short-term rental complaint hotline

County leaders are planning to draft new short-term rental regulations this year, too.

(Jason Finn | Adobe Stock via KPCW) Summit County staff classify nearly 40% of all homes in the county and more than half the homes in Park City as "vacant."

(Jason Finn | Adobe Stock via KPCW) Summit County staff classify nearly 40% of all homes in the county and more than half the homes in Park City as "vacant."

By  Connor Thomas | KPCW
 | Jan. 11, 2026, 6:00 a.m.

The county with the most short-term rentals in Utah is reviving an internal subcommittee to regulate them.

New STR regulations are included among Summit County’s housing goals laid out in the 2026 work plan Summit County councilmembers approved Jan. 7.

Deputy County Manager Janna Young says staff began using new software in 2025 to manage short-term rental licensing.

“We’ve implemented a software system this [past] year which is giving us really helpful data that we would like to bring to our working group to consider additional regulations for short-term rentals, for council consideration, using that data,” Young said at the Jan. 7 council meeting.

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By Connor Thomas | KPCW