milton township, antrim county zoning maps

Requiring a local 24-hour contact person to handle any neighbor complaints and notification of neighbors of that person’s contact information.An annual permitting process and a fee to cover costs for administering this program by the township.A limit on the number of occupants of a rental at any one time based on the number of bedrooms in the home.

Other issues township planners have tackled include: These municipalities either have or are considering capping the number of rentals allowed in the township.

Leelanau County: Suttons Bay Township has enacted a short-term rental ordinance Bingham Township has drafted one and at this writing Leelanau Township is considering an ordinance based on the Suttons Bay ordinance and the Bingham draft. It asks short-term renters to respect their residential neighbors’ property rights, reinforces that agricultural activity is protected under the Michigan Right to Farm Act and explains that neighbor complaints may be reported to the property’s agent, the sheriff’s department, Acme Township and/or the township designee. Today, Acme provides Good Visitor Guidelines (online) for short-term renters. The homeowners, previous short-term rental property owners, sought to be allowed to continue renting under the doctrine of “prior non-conforming use”.Įast Bay Township: A short-term rental ordinance was passed in July 2019, repealing and replacing a short-term rental ordinance enacted in June 2018, after that ordinance was challenged by homeowners.Īcme Township: Acme enacted a short-term rental ordinance in 2019. Garfield Township: A decision from the Michigan Court of Appeals, in 2018, ruled against Garfield Township homeowners who were upset by a 2017 ordinance that prohibited short-term rentals. Here is a brief roundup of some – not all – of the short-term rental issues and actions taken by local governments and the courts as well as a brief update on what’s happening at the state level. In Hogwash! we’ve been writing about short-term rentals at least once a year since July 2016 and this growing issue in Northern Michigan continues to make local headlines, most recently when Elk Rapids put a 180-day moratorium on new short-term rental permit applications.

Milton township, antrim county zoning maps