Kent County sets no annual limit on the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Any night cap comes from the city or township. Michigan's state use tax and the county lodging tax apply from the first taxable night.
Kent County imposes no cap on how many nights per year a home may operate as a short-term rental; night limits, if any, are a municipal choice made through zoning. Some Michigan cities cap rental days or limit STRs to a share of nights per year, but that is decided locally, not countywide. For tax purposes, note that the county's 8% lodging excise tax and Michigan's 6% state use tax apply to transient stays under 30 consecutive days, and Kent County exempts only stays of 30 or more consecutive days. Verify any per-year night cap with the specific municipality's ordinance.
Any night-cap enforcement is municipal; exceeding a city limit can lead to civil-infraction fines and loss of a required STR license.
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Kent County, MI
Kent County has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but its adequate-care, sanitary-condition, and cruelty provisions let Animal Control seize animals ke...
Kent County, MI
Kent County's Animal Control Ordinance does not address feeding wild animals. Deer and elk baiting and feeding are regulated statewide by the Michigan DNR, w...
Kent County, MI
Kent County requires licensing and leashing only for dogs, not cats. Cats are still covered by the ordinance's adequate-care and cruelty provisions, and by M...
Kent County, MI
Kent County sets no general household pet cap, but any establishment keeping three or more dogs for sale, boarding, breeding, or training for pay is a 'kenne...
Kentwood, MI
Kentwood allows keeping of domestic animals, fowl or insects (including ducks, chickens, bees, goats and rabbits) only after Zoning Administrator review and ...
Kent County, MI
Backyard composting is allowed and encouraged in Kent County. Michigan law bans yard clippings from landfills, and the Kent County Department of Public Works...
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