Shelby, MI Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

The Village of Shelby enforces rental habitability through Chapter 340, Property Maintenance, which adopts by reference the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), 2021 edition, published by the International Code Council. Section 358-3 of the Rental Dwellings chapter incorporates that same code as the minimum maintenance standard for every rental dwelling, so a landlord's habitability duties are defined by the adopted IPMC as locally amended in § 340-2. 4 (heat supply obligations) run October 1 through May 1, fixing the mandatory heating season. 3 (failure to comply with a notice of violation) is amended locally to make the offense a civil infraction rather than a misdemeanor, and gives 30 days after the correction deadline in the notice before the case proceeds further.

A new rental unit must also obtain a certificate of occupancy from the Oceana County Building Department confirming current building code compliance, and every rental unit needs a certificate of compliance issued under § 358-5 showing it passed inspection against these same maintenance standards. The Building Inspector, defined in § 358-2 as the Village Administrator or a written designee, enforces these standards through the inspection program described in § 358-7.