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Short-term rental rules in Frankenmuth, MI
How Frankenmuth 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 citywide cap of 10 vacation-home (non-owner STR) permits total
- residential-zone exclusion: non-owner whole-home STR barred from all single-family districts (RCD/RCM duplex & multi-family only)
- 300-foot separation between STR/B&B units
- per-operator limit of one vacation-home permit per applicant citywide
Based on: Frankenmuth Zoning & Planning Code (Title V, Chapter 51) §5.181 Vacation Homes (Ord. No. 2013-04, 11-12-2013) and
Summary of the rule
The ultimate number of vacation home permits shall not exceed ten (10) permits total within the City limits.
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