Royal Oak Township, MI Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Section 6-112 sets the operating rules for every licensee of a hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, rooming house, boardinghouse or tourist home in the Charter Township of Royal Oak. The core occupancy rule is in subsection (m): occupancy of a room is limited to the number of beds in the room, and in no event can it exceed two persons for every one bed. The same section limits how long and how often a room can be used. Accommodations cannot be offered in hourly increments, no accommodation can be made available more than one time during the eighteen-hour period from 12:00 noon to 6:00 a.m. the following morning, the right to occupy cannot be assigned or transferred, and no transient can obtain accommodations at an establishment for more than 30 consecutive days, except as provided in § 6-113.

Section 6-113 allows longer-term occupancy in a hotel, motel or tourist home with two conditions. First, no accommodation can be occupied more than 30 consecutive days by more persons than the minimum occupancy area requirements of the BOCA National Property Maintenance Code 1993, or subsequent amendments, permit. Second, the licensee files a quarterly report on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each calendar year covering accommodations used beyond 30 consecutive days. The report lists every guest's name and address, including nonpaying minors and dependents, arrival and departure dates and times, and a description of the accommodation: dimensions, any kitchenette and appliances, bathroom, number of beds and other facilities.

Related rules support the cap. A tourist home needs at least one toilet, washing facilities and a shower or bathtub for each eight occupants or fewer, with hot and cold running water (§ 6-112(c)). The licensee keeps a guest register near the main entrance listing each guest, nonpaying minors included, with identification and dates of stay (§ 6-112(h)), and each occupied lodging room needs a working telephone with access to 911 (§ 6-112(q)). Rooming houses and boardinghouses are defined in § 6-102 as buildings providing lodging, or lodging and meals, for compensation by prearrangement for definite periods for more than three persons.