Category: Deed Restrictions

Who Pays for Maintaining Shared Easements Between Multiple Condominium Associations?

Introduction              Residential community developments in Michigan often use the rights of use afforded by recorded easements in order to permit the development of communities with multiple underlying individual residential projects.  In some cases, a developer may create an overarching project and then record a series of subdivision plats or condominium master deeds over years to finalize its development.  In […]

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HIRZEL LAW WINS ZOOM BENCH TRIAL! COURT HOLDS THAT EXTENSIVE SHORT-TERM RENTALS VIOLATED RESIDENTIAL USE RESTRICTIONS

Kevin Hirzel, Kayleigh Long and Michael McCulloch of Hirzel Law, PLC represented the Cherry Home Association in this case. In Cherry Home Association v. Keith Barker, et. al., the Leelanau County Circuit Court held that several lot owners violated residential use restrictions by engaging in extensive online short-term rentals.  After holding one of the first zoom bench trials in the […]

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Executive Order 2020-110: Michigan ends short-term rental ban, reopens certain recreational facilities and opens pools

Can you engage in short-term rentals? Can Condos and HOA’s open recreational facilities? This article discusses the impact of Executive Order 2020-110 on short-term rentals and recreational facilities, such as basketball courts, fitness centers, pools, gyms, spas or tennis court.

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Michigan maintains ban on short-term rentals and recreational facilities until June 12, 2020

On May 22, 2020, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-100 and extended the ban on short-term rentals and the use of recreational facilities, originally contained in Executive Order 2020-92, until June 12, 2020. Condominium and HOA Recreational Facilities Executive Order 2020-92 bans activities in places of “public accommodation that are closed under Executive Order 2020-69” and keeps Executive Order 2020-69 […]

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Executive Order 2020-92: Michigan maintains ban on short-term rentals and areas of public accommodation

How are Michigan condos and HOA’s impacted by Emergency Orders 2020-69 and 2020-92? This article discusses the impact of Michigan’s Executive Orders on short-term rentals and recreational facilities, such as basketball courts, fitness centers, pools, gyms, spas or tennis court.

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Executive Order 2020-59: Michigan extends ban on short-term rentals to May 15, 2020, but permits landscapers to operate

UPDATE: On May 7, 2020, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-77, which extended the ban on short-term vacation rentals in Executive Order 2020-59 until May 28, 2020. On April 24, 2020, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-59, which extended the stay-at-home requirements that were originally contained in Executive Order 2020-21 and Executive Order 2020-42.  The important highlights of the order […]

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