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Short-term rental rules in Charlevoix, MI
How Charlevoix regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- Hard numeric Council cap on whole-home Business-Unit STRs (initial 80 units)
- waitlist administered when the Business-Unit cap is full
- Personal Units require owner present on-site for unlimited rental, else 28-day/yr absentee limit
- STR confined to R-1 and R-2 residential districts with registration and license
Based on: City of Charlevoix Ordinance No. 815 of 2020, codified as Charlevoix City Code Ch. 114 (Short-Term Rentals); adopted
Summary of the rule
Codified § 114.05(B) TYPES OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS: 'Business units may be rented without restriction on days rented per year. (1) Council shall establish a cap on the number of business units of primary residences to be allowed within the R-1 and R-2 zones through a resolution adopted by Council. The initial cap shall be set at 80 business units. (2) The cap shall be reconsidered by Council as needed by the direction of the City Council.' Waitlist administered under § 114.04(A) when the cap is full (city preference for principal-residence-exemption applicants). Hard numeric cap on whole-home Business Units = supply device.
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