Royal Oak, MI

In the City of Royal Oak's residential zones, § 770-22 limits a lot to two accessory structures, such as sheds and detached garages, placed only in the side or rear yard at least three…

Royal Oak's zoning code blocks a shortcut around its accessory-building rules: § 770-22A(11) says an accessory structure, like a detached garage, does not count as an 'accessory…

Royal Oak's Zoning Ordinance has no general accessory dwelling unit allowance. Under § 770-71, a one-family home may add only one extra unit, and only for an elderly relative, capped…

Royal Oak requires the host home to be owner-occupied for as long as a senior accessory unit special land use permit is active. Under § 770-71A, the City reviews the permit every two…

Royal Oak requires a deed restriction on any property that uses the senior accessory housing provision. Under § 770-71E, the owner must record with the Oakland County Register of Deeds…

In the City of Royal Oak, a short-term rental is defined at Property Maintenance Code § 104.8 as a rental of 30 consecutive days or less. Before renting short-term, an owner must…

In the City of Royal Oak, no rental unit, short-term or long-term, may house more people than two occupants per bedroom plus two more per finished story that meets egress rules under…

In the City of Royal Oak, three or more issued violations tied to a registered rental within one registration period count as a nuisance, giving the City cause to suspend or revoke…

In the City of Royal Oak, every rental property, short-term included, must register with the City before a nonowner occupies it, and the registration application must list the number…

The City of Royal Oak requires anyone registering a short-term rental, a stay of 30 days or fewer, to submit a certificate of insurance showing at least $1,000,000 in liability…

The City of Royal Oak does not tax short-term rentals directly, but it charges a rental registration fee set by City Commission resolution and a $1 per day, per unit, late charge on…

City Code § 195-36 makes it unlawful for any retail pet store in Royal Oak to sell or offer for sale a dog, cat, rabbit or ferret. Stores may still host an animal control shelter or a…

The City of Royal Oak bans keeping, harboring or possessing nondomestic animals in any residential area under City Code § 195-40. The ban covers big cats, wolves, primates…

Royal Oak does not ban backyard chickens outright but forbids letting them run at large under § 195-1, and requires a City Clerk permit before keeping horses, cattle, sheep, goats…

Royal Oak does not restrict any dog breed by name. Instead, § 195-24 lets the Animal Control Officer classify any individual dog as 'dangerous' or 'potentially dangerous' based on a…

Royal Oak's Dog Ordinance, § 195-16, bars any owner from letting a dog stray beyond the owner's premises unless the dog is under 'reasonable control,' defined in § 195-9 as being on a…

Royal Oak does not require microchipping of ordinary pets. It only requires it, as an alternative to a tattoo, for a dog already classified as dangerous under § 195-25(4), and for a…

In the City of Royal Oak, Section 587-9 of the Rodent Control chapter prohibits feeding wild birds except through an approved container elevated at least 48 inches above ground level…

Royal Oak has no separate beekeeping permit or hive-setback ordinance; bees fall under the City's general pet-nuisance law instead. City Code § 484-13 bars keeping any bee, along with…

In the City of Royal Oak, a veterinary office or hospital cannot open by right in the Office Service or Neighborhood Business Zones. City Code §§ 770-38C(2) and 770-39C(1) list…

In the City of Royal Oak, dog grooming facilities are a permitted personal service use in the Neighborhood Business Zone under City Code § 770-39B(9), listed alongside barbershops and…

Michigan's animal cruelty law universally applies to hoarding situations involving inadequate care. Penalties escalate with the number of animals, and the state's anti-cruelty…

City of Royal Oak Code § 115-3 bars parking a vehicle alongside any curb painted yellow, one of eleven prohibited parking locations that also include sidewalks, crosswalks, fire…

The Royal Oak City Commission can designate residential parking permit areas by resolution, restricting on-street parking during set hours to area residents, their guests, and…

City Code § 692-2B keeps trailer coaches out of the front yard between the setback line and the property line in every residential district in the City of Royal Oak. A 24-hour permit…

In the City of Royal Oak, no one may park a trailer coach overnight on any street, alley, highway or other public place under City Code § 692-2A. The Zoning Board of Appeals can grant…

City Code § 716-2 deems any vehicle left unattended on a Royal Oak street, alley or other public property for 48 hours or more to be abandoned, and § 716-3 separately bars leaving any…

When Royal Oak's Police Chief declares a snow emergency, City Code Chapter 625 makes it unlawful to park or leave any vehicle on a City street for the duration, and any vehicle left in…

Royal Oak caps residential commercial-vehicle parking at one truck per dwelling. City Code § 770-28 allows only one commercial vehicle owned by an occupant, weighing no more than 6,000…

In the City of Royal Oak, every parking lot, maneuvering aisle, driveway, and loading area must be hard-surfaced with asphalt, concrete, or an approved pervious pavement. City Code §…

In the City of Royal Oak, any building receiving or distributing trucks, materials, or merchandise must provide off-street loading space sized 12 feet by 50 feet with 14 feet of…

Oakland County has no county-level street parking ordinance. State law MCL 257.674 (Michigan Vehicle Code) sets baseline prohibitions on all Oakland streets: no parking within 15 feet…

Michigan regulates nonconsensual towing through the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300. MCL 257.252k makes an owner or lessor of private real property post a sign at every vehicular…

City Code § 195-14 makes it unlawful in Royal Oak to harbor or keep a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling causes a serious annoyance to the neighborhood or…

In the City of Royal Oak, Zoning Code § 770-94 caps property-line noise from any use at 75 decibels between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and 60 decibels between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m…

In the City of Royal Oak, construction noise from erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering or repairing a building, street, highway or parking area is barred outside 7:00 a.m. to…

In the City of Royal Oak, operating a parked or moving vehicle stereo, speakers or sound system so it can be heard or felt as vibration 50 feet away on any street, driveway, parking…

In the City of Royal Oak, zoning code § 770-94 caps property-line noise at 75 decibels between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., dropping to 60 decibels overnight, and layers on an octave-band…

Oakland County, Michigan does not enforce a single county-wide noise ordinance. Quiet hours are set by each of the county's 61 cities, villages, and townships. Common nighttime windows…

Michigan's Aeronautics Code preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and noise, leaving control over aircraft noise to state and federal authorities under MCL 259.1 et seq.

Royal Oak's Fence Ordinance puts fence repair and upkeep on whoever owns or leases the property where the fence sits, and when a boundary fence's ownership is joint or cannot be…

Anyone building or installing a fence in the City of Royal Oak must first obtain a fence permit from the Building Department under Section 323-6A. The Building Official issues the…

Royal Oak's fence ordinance requires all fence and privacy-screen materials to be identical or reasonably compatible in type, and every material used must be approved by the Chief…

City of Royal Oak fences may rise no more than six feet in side and rear yards, and no more than four feet in a front yard, measured from adjoining ground level under Section 323-3B…

Royal Oak's Fire Code amendments require single or multiple-station smoke alarms in every corridor, hallway, and common area of Use Group R-2 and R-3 occupancies (multi-family and…

Royal Oak's Fire Code amendments flatly prohibit storing or using Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders on balconies of Use Group R-2 and R-3 buildings, meaning no propane tanks on…

Royal Oak bans open burning of waste, but Section 340-5C lets a residential outdoor fire burn only natural gas, propane, or commercially available charcoal or briquettes, never as a…

In the City of Royal Oak, § 340-5 of the Fire Prevention chapter bans open burning of fuel, garbage, or other combustible refuse, including leaves, brush, tree trimmings and grass. The…

In the City of Royal Oak, § 345-4 of the 2012 Fireworks Ordinance bars igniting, discharging, or using consumer fireworks at any time except on specific dates, mainly New Year's, the…

In the City of Royal Oak, the Property Maintenance Code caps plant growth at eight inches everywhere except trees, shrubs, cultivated flowers, gardens, and "planned natural…

No one may cut down, damage or destroy a tree, shrub or plant on a public highway, park or other public place in the City of Royal Oak without written permission from the Department of…

In the City of Royal Oak, owners of trees, shrubs or plants overhanging a street or highway must trim branches so they never block a streetlight or the view of an intersection, and…

The City of Royal Oak allows backyard composting under Royal Oak City Code § 633-13, but only in an approved bin set at least 15 feet from a neighboring dwelling and five feet from the…

In the City of Royal Oak, rain barrel systems are explicitly listed as an allowed accessory feature of a community garden. City Code § 770-56D(7) permits rain barrel systems alongside…

In the City of Royal Oak, the property maintenance code caps plant growth on any lot at eight inches, excluding trees, shrubs, cultivated flowers, gardens and approved planned natural…

Royal Oak allows family day-care homes in residential zones as an accessory use, but City Code § 770-26 imposes specific site standards. Operators must provide at least 300 square feet…

Royal Oak zoning law caps traffic tied to a home-based business at what an ordinary household already generates. City Code § 770-25E allows no vehicular traffic for a home occupation…

Royal Oak permits home occupations in residential dwellings only under the eleven standards set out in City Code § 770-25. The core rule caps any home-based business at 10% of the…

Royal Oak's home occupation rules flatly prohibit exterior signage. City Code § 770-25F requires the business be carried on wholly within the dwelling, bars exterior operations…

Oakland County home bakers, jam makers, and other cottage food operators are governed by Michigan's Cottage Food Law (MCL 289.4102), administered by MDARD. Sales are capped at…

Michigan has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The word "microenterprise" returns zero results in a full-text search of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the only…

Oakland County does not issue residential swimming pool permits directly. Public pools must be reviewed and permitted by EGLE under MCL 333.12522, while residential pools require a…

Michigan's Public Health Code Part 125 sets uniform safety, lifeguard, and water quality standards for public and semi-public pools. State rules apply statewide regardless of local…

In the City of Royal Oak's One-Family Residential Zone, § 770-34 sets a front yard setback of the greater of 25 feet or the neighborhood average, up to 50 feet; a side yard setback of…

Royal Oak caps how much of a One-Family Residential lot buildings can cover. City Code § 770-34D(8) limits lot coverage to 35% of the site on lots under 6,000 square feet, capped…

In the City of Royal Oak's One-Family Residential Zone, § 770-34D(4) caps a principal building's height at 30 feet. Chapter 770's general height rule measures that height from the…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 515-13 closes every public park nightly between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The Chief of Police can close all or part of any park for other…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-34 bars anyone under 17 from loitering or wandering on public streets, parks and other public places between 10:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless…

In the City of Royal Oak, the Parks and Recreation Board, defined at City Code § 515-2, sets the rules for park activities and, under § 515-14, may issue licenses and permits for…

In the City of Royal Oak, restaurants may run an outdoor cafe only on the establishment's own private property under § 770-70, and only during normal operating hours. All food…

In the City of Royal Oak, any person, organization, group or entity must get a permit from the City Clerk before staging a parade, festival or other special event that could exceed a…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 312-6 gives Arts, Beats and Eats, Inc. exclusive rights within the Festival Zone during the annual Arts, Beats and Eats Festival: only its…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 521-4 bars anyone from operating as a pawnbroker without a license, which expires every December 31 unless revoked sooner. Applicants file under…

Royal Oak zones adult-oriented enterprises, escort services, massage parlors, pawnbrokers and tattoo studios as 'regulated uses' under § 770-76. No two regulated uses may sit within…

Royal Oak requires a separate City license for every massage establishment location plus a valid Michigan massage therapist license for anyone who performs massage there. City Code §…

Royal Oak's home occupation standards effectively prohibit running an auto repair business from a residential dwelling. City Code § 770-25C bars any home occupation that creates a…

The City of Royal Oak's zoning ordinance treats tattoo, body-piercing and branding studios as a regulated use alongside adult businesses, escort services and pawnshops. A tattoo studio…

Royal Oak's zoning code does not issue a separate tobacco retail license, but it does define and zone 'smoking lounges' and 'tobacconists' as distinct uses. A standalone smoking lounge…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 526-1 bans selling goods, wares or merchandise, including from a cart or vehicle, on public streets and sidewalks unless an exception applies. The…

Mobile food vendors operating anywhere in Oakland County must hold a Michigan Food Law license issued by the Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) - either a Mobile Food Establishment…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 526-6 bars soliciting for any cause within the City without a City-issued permit, unless the solicitation stays entirely within an organization's…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 526-38 requires the City Clerk to maintain a Do Not Knock Registry, and § 526-33 bars peddling without a copy of that registry in hand. Section…

In the City of Royal Oak, Property Maintenance Code § 104.8 bars anyone from renting, leasing, or letting a nonowner occupy a residential unit before registering the property with the…

In the City of Royal Oak, § 556-4 of the Property Maintenance Code amendments requires every owner to register a rental unit with the City before renting to a nonowner, attest that the…

Oakland County has no rent control or rent stabilization. Michigan law (MCL 123.411) explicitly bars every county, city, township, and village in the state from enacting or enforcing…

Oakland County has no county-wide just-cause eviction ordinance. Landlord-tenant disputes in Royal Oak, Troy, Farmington Hills, Southfield, Pontiac, and every other Oakland County…

Before evicting, a Michigan landlord must serve the correct written demand: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for serious health hazards, extensive damage, or physical violence…

Michigan has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a rented unit. A tenant's protection comes instead from the lease terms and from MCL 600.2918, which…

Either party may end a Michigan estate at will or month-to-month tenancy by giving one month's notice. When rent is payable at intervals shorter than three months, the notice need only…

Michigan's Landlord-Tenant Act caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half months' rent. A landlord who keeps any of the deposit for damages must mail the tenant an…

Michigan requires 15 years of adverse possession before a squatter can claim title to land. Under MCL 600.5801 the owner's action to recover land is barred after 15 years in most…

In the City of Royal Oak, day-care centers must provide a 500-square-foot outdoor play area outside the front yard setback, enclosed by a four-to-six-foot climb-resistant fence, under…

The City of Royal Oak's Fire Code amendments require automatic sprinklers in every basement storage area of a Use Group R-2 (multi-family) building, and in any building with a floor…

Every rental registered in the City of Royal Oak must have a functioning carbon monoxide detector, and the owner must sign a sworn attestation to that effect as part of the rental…

In the City of Royal Oak, any new or altered water service connection to the municipal water main requires a permit from the City Clerk before work begins. Only a plumber licensed as a…

In the City of Royal Oak, ground-mounted generators must be located away from public view and as far as possible from adjacent residential uses under § 770-90J(3). They must not cause…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-35(P) bans operating a parked or moving vehicle's stereo, speakers or similar sound equipment at a volume or vibration perceptible 50 feet…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-36 bars loading or unloading a truck, or letting one idle or run its refrigeration motor, between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within 500 feet of a…

In the City of Royal Oak, ground-mounted and roof-mounted heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning units are regulated as a screening and nuisance issue under the zoning code, not a…

In the City of Royal Oak, the seven-member Historic District Commission created under City Code § 82-17 reviews any construction, alteration, repair, moving, excavation or demolition…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-32 bans transporting or possessing any alcoholic liquor in an open, uncapped or unsealed container inside a vehicle's passenger compartment on…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-35(G) makes it disorderly conduct to urinate in a public place, except at public toilets. Because that subsection doesn't set its own fine…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-46 makes it a criminal offense to knowingly or intentionally possess marijuana, or to use marijuana, unless state law authorizes the specific…

In the City of Royal Oak, loitering, remaining or wandering in a public place for aggressive begging is a criminal loitering offense under City Code § 278-45(A). The ordinance defines…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-45 makes it a criminal offense to loiter or remain in a public place for gambling with cards, dice or other gambling paraphernalia, to loiter…

In the City of Royal Oak, the Open Party Ordinance (City Code §§ 430-13 to 430-17) makes it a crime for anyone controlling a residence or rental facility to knowingly allow an open…

Skateboarding is banned outright in Royal Oak's Downtown Business Area and Civic Center Area under City Code Chapter 612, the "Skateboard Ordinance." In-line skates, roller blades and…

The City of Royal Oak runs every residential rental through a registration and inspection program under its Property Maintenance Code: owners must register before renting, keep the…

The City of Royal Oak can order a fire-damaged, structurally unsound or dilapidated building demolished or repaired as a dangerous building under its Property Maintenance Code, with…

Royal Oak's Public Nuisance Ordinance bans dumping litter on any open or vacant private lot in the city, whether or not the dumper owns the property. City Code § 484-11 applies…

Michigan's natural accumulation doctrine generally protects property owners from slip-and-fall liability for snow on adjacent sidewalks, while leaving local snow-clearing ordinances…

In the City of Royal Oak, political signs are defined and treated as temporary signs under Chapter 607, permitted at every location in the City without a permit. On one- and two-family…

In the City of Royal Oak, electronic message centers are permitted only in Sign Area 2 under Section 607-6D, and only as static-image freestanding signs capped at half the area of an…

In the City of Royal Oak, window signs are capped by percentage of window area rather than banned outright. Sign Area 2 storefronts may cover up to 15% of each window with one sign…

In the City of Royal Oak, the sign code's ban on string lights and permanent architectural window and door lighting specifically excludes seasonal decorative displays, so holiday…

In the City of Royal Oak, outside security lighting on residential property may never shine onto an adjoining residential property. The Property Maintenance Code, Section 303.11, bars…

In the City of Royal Oak, zoning code § 770-96B caps exterior illumination at 0.1 footcandle at residential property lines and 0.5 footcandle next to nonresidential property, requires…

In the City of Royal Oak, an illuminated billboard needs extra distance from housing. City Code § 770-57B(3) sets a standard 200-foot buffer between a billboard and any residential…

The City of Royal Oak requires every building and vacant lot to be ratproofed and kept free of rat harborage under Chapter 587. The Health Officer and Chief Inspector enforce storage…

The City of Royal Oak's sign ordinance bans inflatable signs and tethered balloons citywide, but Section 607-3 carves out inflatable seasonal display items sold at retail and intended…

In the City of Royal Oak, it is unlawful for a truck to sit with its engine idling or its refrigeration motor running between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the premises of a commercial…

In the City of Royal Oak, Chapter 351, the Flood Damage Prevention ordinance, applies to all areas of special flood hazard within the City and bars constructing, locating, extending…

In the City of Royal Oak, § 351-6 requires new construction and substantial improvement of any residential structure in a mapped flood hazard area to have its lowest floor, including…

New development, renovation or additions in the City of Royal Oak must detain stormwater on-site under Royal Oak City Code § 644-4, except in the Central Business District and on one…

Any earth change of 1 acre or more, or any earth change within 500 feet of a lake, stream, wetland, or county drain in Oakland County, requires a Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control…

Michigan's Part 323 NREPA preempts local coastal rules in designated high-risk erosion, flood-risk, and environmental areas along the Great Lakes.

In the City of Royal Oak, § 340-5C of the Fire Prevention chapter restricts residential outdoor fires, including smokers and grills, to natural gas, propane, or commercially available…

In the City of Royal Oak, the local amendments to the 2015 International Fire Code at § 340-2 add IFC § 6104.5, prohibiting the use or storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)…

In the City of Royal Oak, no one may place obstructions or improvements that encroach on a public right-of-way without City approval. The City Commission or City Engineer authorizes…

Under Royal Oak City Code § 650-5, the owner of the abutting land, not the City, must keep public sidewalks and approaches in good repair. If the City Engineer finds a sidewalk unsafe…

Royal Oak City Code § 650-7 bars blocking, overhanging or burying almost anything in a public sidewalk, alley or right-of-way without City approval, from building materials and boxes…

Royal Oak's marihuana licensing ordinance keeps every marihuana establishment at least 1,000 feet from any school and keeps retailers and microbusinesses 1,000 feet from each other…

The City of Royal Oak allows marihuana establishments rather than opting out; City Code § 770-52.1 authorizes them as a special land use but bars any within 1,000 feet of a K-12…

Adults 21+ in Oakland County may cultivate up to 12 marihuana plants per household for personal use under Michigan MCL 333.27955, provided plants are not visible from public places and…

Royal Oak bans discharging refuse, gasoline, cleaning solvents, or any sewer-clogging substance into a public or private sewer, receiving basin, gutter, street, alley, or public or…

Royal Oak requires garbage receptacles between 5 and 32 gallons with lift handles, stored within the rear yard setback under § 633-2F, and residents may set carts at the curb no…

Royal Oak requires recyclables to go out in a City-approved 18-gallon or 6-gallon plastic container marked for recyclables only, separate from mixed refuse, under City Code § 633-2…

The City of Royal Oak lets residents set out bulk rubbish and brush for pickup only if it is bundled to code: Royal Oak City Code § 633-2 caps bulk-rubbish bundles at two feet by three…

Royal Oak requires yard waste, materials from landscaping set out for composting, to go into SOCRRA- or City-approved bio/photodegradable bags or metal or plastic containers up to 32…

The Royal Oak City Manager sets and publishes the citywide solid-waste collection schedule at least once in a local newspaper under § 633-4, and may change it at any time as long as…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 633-5 sets exact curbside hours: solid waste, recycling and yard waste containers cannot go to the curb before 5:00 p.m. the day before collection…

In the City of Royal Oak, shade and ornamental trees planted on public highways, parks or other public places must follow spacing rules under § 710-12, and any tree planted in a street…

Royal Oak City Code § 650-10 bars operating motorized scooters, Segways and electric-assisted bicycles on any sidewalk or crosswalk in the downtown area, defined roughly as Main Street…

Michigan does not legalise golf carts on public streets statewide, and it does not leave the question to every council either. MCL 257.657a switches street use on only where the local…

In the City of Royal Oak, landscaping plans required under the zoning code may not include poplar, soft maples, willows, or box elders, and any other species barred under the City's…

In the City of Royal Oak, a domestic garden accessory to a home cannot go in the front yard. City Code § 770-56C(1) confines domestic gardens to the side or rear yard, and a garden on…

Royal Oak's zoning code sets design standards specific to its Central Business District. City Code § 770-30E requires storefronts to be integrally designed with upper floors…

In the City of Royal Oak, multiple-family and senior housing in the Mixed Use 1 and Mixed Use 2 Zones can earn a density bonus of up to 100% under City Code § 770-45C(1) and §…

In the City of Royal Oak, a rooftop or ground-mounted solar energy system needs a building permit before installation under City Code § 770-54H, and an application for a ground-mounted…

Since April 2, 2025, Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act (2024 PA 68, MCL 559.301 to 559.317) makes any provision of a homeowners' association agreement that prohibits or has the…

HOA and condo assessments in Oakland County are levied under the association's bylaws and (for condos) the Michigan Condominium Act. Unpaid assessments, together with interest, late…

Architectural review in Oakland County HOAs (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Northville, Novi, Rochester Hills, etc.) is driven by the association's recorded declaration of CC&Rs and any…

CC&Rs in Oakland County subdivisions and condominium projects (recorded at the Oakland County Register of Deeds, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac) run with the land and bind successive…

Oakland County HOA and condo disputes are resolved in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court (Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac) for amounts above the small-claims and district-court…

Michigan's Condominium Act gives co-owners a records right and almost nothing else on meeting mechanics. MCL 559.157(1) makes the books, records, contracts and financial statements…

Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, took effect April 2, 2025 and made any homeowners' association provision that bans an "energy-saving improvement or modification"…

Michigan protects home EV charging through the Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, which took effect April 2, 2025. MCL 559.303(c)(ix) counts "electric vehicle supply equipment"…

Michigan's flag protection is one sentence long and narrower than most. MCL 559.156a bars a developer or association of co-owners from prohibiting a co-owner from displaying a single…

The Michigan Condominium Act lets associations levy fines, but only after due process. Under MCL 559.206 a condo association may impose late charges and, after notice and a hearing…

A Michigan condominium association can foreclose its assessment lien by advertisement, meaning it never has to file a lawsuit, but MCL 559.208(3) bars it from starting until it records…

Michigan runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who rent. MCL 559.212(1) of the Condominium Act says that after the transitional control date the association of co-owners…

Recreational drone use in Oakland County is governed by federal law (49 USC 44809 and FAA Part 107 where applicable). Michigan state law (MCL 259.305) preempts every Oakland County…

Commercial drone work in Oakland County, real estate photography in Bloomfield Hills, roof inspections in Troy, construction progress shoots in Auburn Hills, wedding video in…

Film productions in Oakland County must comply with the host municipality's noise ordinance: there is no countywide noise standard. Charter Township of Oakland (Ch. 274) prohibits any…

Michigan minimum wage is set by the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (PA 337 of 2018). The Local Labor Regulatory Limitation Act (PA 105 of 2015, MCL §123.1381+) preempts local…

Michigan preempts local paid leave ordinances; statewide paid sick leave is governed by the Earned Sick Time Act under MCL 408.961.

Michigan's Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under MCL 123.1387.

Michigan issues Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPLs) under MCL 28.425 series, with statewide rules that local governments cannot override or supplement.

Michigan firearms preemption (MCL §123.1101–123.1104) prohibits local units of government from imposing any ordinance, regulation, or policy on the purchase, registration, ownership…

Michigan law under MCL 750.227 makes it a felony to carry a concealed pistol in a vehicle without a valid Concealed Pistol License or other statutory exemption.

Michigan's Gaming Control and Revenue Act reserves commercial casino gaming to cities whose local legislative body passes an ordinance approving it and signs a certified development…

Michigan bars bingo, raffles, charity games, numeral games, and millionaire parties unless a licensed 'qualified organization' runs them under the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman Bingo…

Michigan's penal code makes no exception for private, social, or "friendly" gambling. MCL 750.301 criminalizes accepting money contingent on an uncertain event's outcome: full stop…

Michigan legalized internet sports betting under the Lawful Sports Betting Act, but the Michigan Gaming Control Board can license only two kinds of operators: existing commercial…

Michigan does not run sobriety checkpoints, and the reason is unusual. Michigan's own checkpoint programme was the one the United States Supreme Court upheld under the Fourth Amendment…

Michigan has no statute granting an express right to film police, and no statute forbidding it either. What governs is the 1966 eavesdropping chapter of the Michigan Penal Code, and…

Michigan has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Nothing in the Michigan Compiled Laws makes it an offence to stand on a sidewalk and decline to give a police officer…

Michigan is one of the few states where the answer to a roadside search question is written into a statute rather than left to case law. Section 5 of the Michigan Regulation and…

The Michigan Right to Farm Act (Act 93 of 1981, MCL §286.471 et seq.) provides nuisance protection for qualifying commercial farms following Generally Accepted Agricultural and…

Michigan PA 389 of 2016 (MCL 445.572b) prohibits local governments from banning, taxing, or regulating plastic bags and other auxiliary containers.

Michigan set the minimum age to buy, possess, or use tobacco and vapor products at 21 through PA 167 of 2022, which amended the Youth Tobacco Act (MCL 722.641), aligning with federal…

Michigan currently has no statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products; an attempted 2019 emergency ban was struck down in court.

Michigan runs a closed list rather than a list of banned colors. MCL 257.698(4) provides that unless a lamp is both covered and unlit, a vehicle on Michigan highways must not carry a…

Michigan sets no measured windshield zone for a camera and no sticker size limit. What it regulates is the screen. MCL 257.708b(1) prohibits operating a motor vehicle with a television…

Michigan bans lane splitting in plain words. MCL 257.660(5) says a person operating a motorcycle, moped, low-speed vehicle, electric personal assistive mobility device or electric…

Michigan does not regulate license plate covers by naming them. It regulates the result. MCL 257.225(2) requires that the plate be maintained free from foreign materials that obscure…

Radar detectors are legal in a private vehicle in Michigan, and the state says so in the statute rather than by silence. MCL 750.508 restricts carrying a police-frequency radio…

Michigan does not run a studded tire season the way its neighbours do. MCL 257.710(b) forbids operating on a highway any tire carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other…

Michigan does not set a visible light transmission percentage for any window. MCL 257.709(1)(a) instead bans film outright on the front windshield and on the side windows and sidewings…