Can you engage in short-term rentals? Can Condos and HOA’s open recreational facilities? This article discusses the impact of Executive Order 2020-100 on short-term rentals and recreational facilities, such as basketball courts, fitness centers, pools, gyms, spas or tennis court.
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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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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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On April 9, 2020, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-42, which extended the stay-at-home requirements that were originally contained in Executive Order 2020-21 until April 30, 2020. In addition to extending the stay-at-home requirements, Executive Order 2020-42 also implemented additional restrictions on short-term rentals. Specifically, the order precludes any type of travel to a vacation rental. The Executive order does
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It is estimated that at least 400,000 neighborhoods throughout the United States have installed automated license plate readers. Automated license plate readers are high-speed cameras that are mounted on street poles, streetlights, entrances, gatehouses or other areas in which automobiles will enter or exit a condominium or subdivision. Automated license plate readers can be an important safety tool as it
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In Haan v Lake Doster Lake Association, unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued January 16, 2020 (Docket No. 345282), the Michigan Court of Appeals held in a 2-1 decision that an Allegan county homeowners association could not revoke approvals granted to owners to install docks. The majority opinion relied on the terms of a membership application for the
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Electronic cigarettes (or “e-cigarettes”) were first introduced into the U.S. market in the mid-2000s (see here) but only recently garnered national attention when e-cigarette smokers began developing mysterious lung injuries, some of which have been fatal (see here). As of July 2019, 8% of Americans reported vaping (smoking an e-cigarette) within the past week, with almost 1 out of every
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